So, I thought the spawn had gone from Tiny Pond and maybe it had. But since then another blob has appeared in much the same space, with an additional bigger clump in the centre of the pond.
Sitting in the murky water at the bottom of Tiny Pond, this clump seems to have survived the morning’s frost. The water surface was frozen solid but only down to a few millimetres, easily cracked by gentle tapping.
More interesting is my attempt today to get a closer look at the Tiny Pond residents. I’ve been frustrated by the lack of luck with the wildlife camera which always seems to be pointing in the wrong direction. I’m sure I heard croaking on one clip it recorded but it hadn’t captured any video worth sharing. Very annoying.
I had a bit of luck with my phone, capturing the frog just before it scuttled under the leaves. It’s not very clear but it does show that it’s a fully grown specimen and most likely the one that jumped out of my handful of leaves a few days ago.
Then today I remembered the endoscope I tried out last year. See Blog 47 for details of the endoscope I bought, and read on for today’s images…
When I first tried it in Lily Pond it was a five minute wonder, picking up murky weedy water and not much else, so I stored it away in the shed and forgot about it. But, with low expectations, I gave it a go this morning and it was a different story. Despite having a bright light, it proved to be less threatening, from a frog’s perspective, than me lurking about with a camera. The frog even seemed to be interested in the equipment. Here are the first results…
What a handsome creature! Well I imagine that’s what another frog would say. Beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder, but this frog is certainly impressive.
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