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Froggy would a-wooing go...

19 years ago

These two were on the grass some 12 feet from the pond, leisurely making their way along with an occasional big hop, with another pair following them. I've never seen frogs coupled out of the water before - is this unusual, or have I just never noticed it?

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alison_froglady
19 years ago
That's a great picture Bill. I have not seen them wooing outside the pond myself, but obviously they do hence your photo. At the moment there are a few 'couples' right on the bottom of my pond. They have been there for days now without moving far. Over the last few nights more frogs have been sitting in the shallows, but it has turned colder again so are now nowhere to be seen. All the fish have also gone back to the bottom, so roll on some better warmer weather.
Alison
Linda_Clive
19 years ago
The frogs obviously haven't read the frog coupling book :-) lovely picture. Must say if I had to choose, I'd go for the grass too! I've got a huge toad in my wild pond, he's so noisy.. presume he's trying to attract a lady toad. It's so good to see this tho' a reminder that spring is not too far away.
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I have the same sort of activity going on in my pond, but with toads. There are times that you can't even sit out back that their croaking gets so loud, it's almost ear-piercing....even my dogs refuse to go out back when they're in the "love" mode. It's more of a shrill than a croak and they just go back and forth. Then I look in the ponod and like in your picture, there are 2 or 3 toads on top of a female toad, almost drowning her. Some of the "pairs" are in the water, while others are just sitting on the rocks. Come the next morning, there are tons of frog eggs stuck in my plants. The koi love it! I have also seen tons of baby toads scampering everywhere -- they're so cute. I hate to walk by the pond though because they're everywhere and I'm afraid I'll crush them. This "activity" seems to take place every couple of weeks and I'm just wondering for how long. It does make the pond have a nasty smell for a couple of days, but I do water changes and it seems to take care of that. I love my frogs no matter how much noise they make -- it's froggy love............. Cindy Jax, FL
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SandyN
19 years ago
LOVELY PHOTO - WHAT CAMERA DO YOU USE? I HAD A FUJI FINEPIX FOR MY BIRTHDAY BUT HAVE NOT YET FIGURED OUT HOW TO POST PICTURES ON THE SITE.

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bill_d
Original Author
19 years ago
Sandy, as it happens I took that one with a Fuji Finepix, model A204.

To add a picture to the first post of a new thread in the gallery here, you just make your post in the usual way, and when you get to review your post you get the option of uploading a photo from your hard drive.

If you want to add a photo in another post, you need to put it somewhere on the web first, then add a link to it in your post.
SandyN
19 years ago
Ah problem then as I don't have access to computer at home only work - could I put a pic on a floppy disk and attach it somehow?
bill_d
Original Author
19 years ago
Sandy, I've emailed you.

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