Ponds are great

[Dystopiary]

I think we'll be able to save the old pond just got to finish digging the new one. It's almost done (mum got a pre formed plastic one)

Ah great!

 

[frogwoman]

My mum and a friend just put a new pond in.

 

[frogwoman]

 

[frogwoman]

Just seen a baby toad! toad!

 

[frogwoman]

Don't think I've seen this one before.

 

[frogwoman]

 

[frogwoman]

This is bloody tiny

 

[frogwoman]

 

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[frogwoman]

The last frog, I caught in my hand and it jumped out into the reeds. It was no more than 2cm or so.

 

[ska invita]

if you have a frog in your garden pond arent they a bit stuck there? as in they cant really travel beyond your garden much? seem out of place in a town/city

 

[frogwoman]

if you have a frog in your garden pond arent they a bit stuck there? as in they cant really travel beyond your garden much? seem out of place in a town/city

They can travel between gardens and there is a nature reserve at the bottom of the road

 

[frogwoman]

There's gaps under fences etc

 

[Epona]

if you have a frog in your garden pond arent they a bit stuck there? as in they cant really travel beyond your garden much? seem out of place in a town/city

No, they need ponds and lakes to breed in, and spend a lot of their time in grass rather than in the water. They can hop around and may visit several bodies of water within an area.

Small garden ponds form an important (if not entirely natural) habitat for the modern frog, giving them somewhere safe to breed and lay eggs.

 

[frogwoman]

No, they need ponds and lakes to breed in, and spend a lot of their time in grass rather than in the water. They can hop around and may visit several bodies of water within an area.

Yeah they hop around in grass/bushes etc

 

[frogwoman]

We had to replace the pond liner on the old pond but anyway look who's back

 

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[Dystopiary]

What are they up to now? Will they hibernate soon?

 

[spring-peeper]

Not all frogs hibernate. Here is how Ontario frogs survive our winters-

A few other frogs deal with cold temperatures a bit differently – they have found a way to become the cold! Our Wood Frog and the three species of tree frog found in Ontario (Gray Treefrog, Spring Peeper and Chorus Frog) are actually freeze-tolerant.

Before we get visions of frog-sicles, know this: these frogs freeze differently than, let’s say, a hotdog. These tree frogs and wood frogs hibernate in leaf litter or under bark – somewhere that is not really insulated from freezing temperatures.

Once temperatures are as low as -5°C, tiny ice crystals form in the body, freezing roughly 40% of the body’s water content.

In this condition, the frog no longer breathes, no blood flows and there is no heart beat – it may as well be dead. Once spring arrives, the frog thaws — sometimes in as little as a day — and may hop away.

How do frogs & toads spend the winter?

This post was written by David LeGros, a park naturalist at Ontario Parks. As the crisp fall days get colder and the occasional dusting of snow whitens the landscape, we know that winter is just around the corner. For the countless songbirds of our forests, they avoid our cold winters and lack...

www.ontarioparks.com

 

[Dystopiary]

Not all frogs hibernate. Here is how Ontario frogs survive our winters-

How do frogs & toads spend the winter?

This post was written by David LeGros, a park naturalist at Ontario Parks. As the crisp fall days get colder and the occasional dusting of snow whitens the landscape, we know that winter is just around the corner. For the countless songbirds of our forests, they avoid our cold winters and lack...

www.ontarioparks.com

That's so cool!

 

[frogwoman]

Find the frog

 

[komodo]

Frogs were getting a bit jiggy in the warm weather yesterday- have calmed down now

 

[frogwoman]

Seen a frog in the new pond for the first time too.

 

[frogwoman]

That's the first time I've seen a frog in the new pond on the other side ^ It's a big male, I think I've mistaken him for Bathsheba a few times. His thumbs have swollen up to grip the females with because they think it's mating season because of the weird weather

 

[iona]

That's the first time I've seen a frog in the new pond on the other side ^ It's a big male, I think I've mistaken him for Bathsheba a few times. His thumbs have swollen up to grip the females with because they think it's mating season because of the weird weather

Obvs not good about climate change confusion but this is a cool fact I didn't know before

 

[tim]

Any chance of a 2023 pond life update?

 

[Johnny Vodka]

I seem to have loads of toads in my pond at the moment, even though the general opinion seems to be that toads don't spend much time in water. (And, yes, they can get in and out easily - via a "ramp" and overhanging Creeping Jenny.)

 

[not-bono-ever]

Me pond looks to shut down for the winter. Fish are just sitting scowling at me. Need to pull some of the dead leaves out.

Also, don’t stick any ghost carp fry in there. Mine are about a foot long 2 years on . I will have to decant them to somewhere else when I can catch them

 

[frogwoman]

Not the best pic but a nice 'resident'.