Incidentally, there were no disemboweled toads on the dike earlier this
morning, but at this moment I'm sitting at the breakfast table looking down
toward the pond, and I can see three Crows hopping around in the grass down
there, so I imagine they are starting the feast.
-Geo
Sent from my iPhone
> On Apr 28, 2017, at 9:20 AM, Geo Kloppel wrote:
>
> Newly arrived in my West Danby yard this morning were Gray Catbird,
> Chestnut-sided Warbler,
> Nashville Warbler and Ovenbird.
>
> I usually wind up flushing the early morning ducks off my little pond before
> I can get close, but this morning I got lucky with a pair of Wood Ducks, and
> achieved a one-duck wide binocular field.
>
> After flushing them, I walked along the dike, counting the toads in the
> water. I spotted 136 of them, many in flagrante amplecto. They'd had a big
> night: this morning there are lots of egg strings, where yesterday were none!
>
> -Geo
>
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