About a week or so ago we had a night of thunderstorms and we heard the toads calling. The toad mating time is pretty short so we decided to take advantage of it. We suited up for the rain and took a couple of flashlights.... and it was amazing!
Surprisingly, the pond featured in the last post held no toads, they has all congregated in another pond further off the main trail. There in the rain and in the dark with our flashlights we saw a different side of this piece of nature. The toads weren't skiddish so we took extra precautions not to step on anybody because they didn't jump away-- even the few that we bent down to get a closer look and stroke their back-- they seemed almost in a trance.
Of course we didn't dare take a camera with us that night as it was very wet and muddy. But the toads were still calling the next day so we thought we would try to get a few shots-- which we did-- but the action was certainly dying down.
Surprisingly, the pond featured in the last post held no toads, they has all congregated in another pond further off the main trail. There in the rain and in the dark with our flashlights we saw a different side of this piece of nature. The toads weren't skiddish so we took extra precautions not to step on anybody because they didn't jump away-- even the few that we bent down to get a closer look and stroke their back-- they seemed almost in a trance.
Of course we didn't dare take a camera with us that night as it was very wet and muddy. But the toads were still calling the next day so we thought we would try to get a few shots-- which we did-- but the action was certainly dying down.
The Toad Pond
Toad calling... we didn't see many lady toads around... poor fellas
I think toads are cuter in person
Then as we were on our way back, we had a surprise!
Baby Foxes!
Toads? What toads? Sorry guys but you just can't quite compete with a den of baby foxes! They were very curious! We think there are six.
This place has gotten even better!
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