Kiwano Librarian

I have a storker.

10th clutch of green frog eggs in my pond! #humblebrag #notactuallyhumblejustbragging

Green frogs: newly-laid egg and newly-hatched tadpole. July 26, 2016.

Green frog (Lithobates clamitans) eggs laid July 14/15 and July 16/17. Four layings in 10 days! This photo shows eggs from the 3rd set (opaque, below surface) and 4th (transparent, on surface). Leroy Township, Ohio.

This young toad has two characteristics of Fowler’s: back spots with 3 warts, and an unspotted belly; it’s too small for me to see if the parotoid gland touches the cranial ridge.

Eastern gray tree frog. Lake County, Ohio. Sept. 18, 2015.

A breeding male Eastern newt (aka red-spotted newt). April 18, 2016.

Two green frogs (Rana clamitans) in a mating embrace (amplexus) in the midst of newly-laid eggs. The male continues to call, as do other males in the background.

This particular bullfrog discovered my pond this summer, and multiple male green frogs have attempted to mate with her ever since. This was the first time I saw a pair out of the water.

A Common Whitetail dragonfly, oviposting (laying eggs) in my pond.

A tiny American toad metamorph, fresh from the pond.

A cloud of active toadpoles.

A group of toadpoles at the inlet to my wildlife pond. They stayed away from the pond’s outlet and survived the recent rainstorms.

These are (low-quality) stills from videos I shot. When other observers used a flash, the bats became momentarily visible in the frame.

Squabbling squirrels: “my side, your side, my side, your side.”

During our recent rainstorms, the American toad tadpoles in my pond were smart enough to stay away from the water outlet. Now a number of them have massed at the inlet. I spotted a few goldfish fry, too.