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Toad-ally awesome Wednesday

May 25, 2014 Elizabeth

Beautiful day today. Finally starting to seem like spring. Steve has seen several toads while mowing but mostly tiny ones. Here's 2 good sized toads in the yard today. … [Read more...]

Spring, Toads Bufo americanus, Toads

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April 30, 2014 Elizabeth

I was reading a lot of the static pages of the blog this week and I realized that I need to do a lot of updates to the citizen science portion of this blog.  There is a GREAT website now that wasn’t in existence when I started this blog.  I’ll be adding this to the res … [Read more...]

iNaturalist, Toads iNaturalist, Toads

Toads in the yard

June 23, 2013 Elizabeth

Still keeping an eye on the toads. Very few were visible in the spring, but we are starting to see some now. Medium and small toads in the backyard … [Read more...]

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Toads survive drought

September 13, 2012 Elizabeth

I've been worried this summer because we haven't seen many toads.  Good news!  Saw 1 small and 4 large today. … [Read more...]

Summer, Toads summer, Toads

Another Wounded Toad

July 25, 2010 Elizabeth

So, previously we had seen a diseased or injured toad in our yard, now we found this guy. He obviosly was squished or somehow harmed, but he seemed to be dealing with the injury. It was like his intestines were outside of his body but still working. We ended up letting him go. … [Read more...]

Toads Bufo americanus

Summer Toad Photo & a Cool Insect

July 22, 2010 Elizabeth

Here's a nice summer toad photo. We haven’t been home as much as in previous year’s and have not seen as many toads, but they are still around.  We are growing a few container vegetables this year and I spotted this very well camouflaged insect recently. Can you spo … [Read more...]

Summer, Toads Bufo americanus, Insects, Toads

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