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Rescued some Herps!

August 10, 2022 Elizabeth

We were out on a toad hunt and had to rescue a few friends from the egress. Tilda loves to put her head in a bucket of frogs, but rest assured no frogs were harmed! We've got an American Toad and 2 Leopard frogs I believe. … [Read more...]

Dogs, Frogs, Toads Tilda

Tiny Toads Have Emerged!

July 5, 2022 Elizabeth

Tiny Toad

Went outside to water the flowers tonight and feed the birds and found that we had been overrun by tiny toads! Saw over a dozen hopping about in the walkways and flower beds just in the areas I water. They were all about the same size, just about the size of the fingernail on my … [Read more...]

Toads

A Couple of Toads holed up together

April 14, 2021 Elizabeth

cuddly toads

Well, after the rain happened and there was a little toad party out in the yard, the next morning we found these 2 cuddlebugs. We covered them with a leaf after we took the picture. … [Read more...]

Toads Toads

Evening toad hunt

April 10, 2021 Elizabeth

MSU is having science fest this month and encouraging citizen science to count our populations of wildlife. It was warm & sunny today and this evening was a good rain. We heard a lot of spring peepers. We saw 5 toads and one tree frog and 2 nightcrawlers. No photos of the … [Read more...]

Frogs, Toads American Toad, Tree Frog

Toad Pics

July 22, 2020 Elizabeth

What's summertime with some toad pics? And, a squirrel raiding the feeder. … [Read more...]

BirdWatching, Blogging, Squirrels, Summer, Toads American Toad, Bufo americanus, Toads

Stan the Porch Toad

July 21, 2020 Elizabeth

So, this isn't in MY backyard, but instead in my mom's backyard. She has this really big toad that started living in a flower pot on her back patio. You can follow him on Facebook here and learn more about his antics. … [Read more...]

Summer, Toads #NotMyYard, American Toad, Stan The Toad, Toads

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