In the Sparrow's Nest - Tadpole Update #3 ~ Day 10

May. 7, 2008

Tadpole Update #3 ~ Day 10

Our little toad tadpoles are still growing like crazy! We can now see the little gills on the sides of their bodies that will later be feet.

Here you can see their size in comparison to a dime.

I just checked out a great book from the library:

Toad by the Road, by J. Ryder

~ A Year in the Life of These Amazing Amphibians

It put the life cycle of a toad through the four seasons into beautiful and sometimes funny poetry verse, giving facts at the bottom of the pages. Great!

For all my posts on our toad eggs and tadpoles click Amphibian Study.

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May. 7, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by westward

Yes! Yes! Come visit me!! Anytime. I only need about 12 days notice to get my house clean. ;)

I sure wish we could find some tadpoles!

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May. 7, 2008 - Your babies are getting big

Posted by HarmonyArtMom

It is really fun to watch their progress. We haven't done this project in few years since we now have resident toads...two fire bellied toads. :)

It is such a miracle to watch the transformation.

Barb-Harmony Art Mom

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May. 8, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by kimalita

They are looking pretty cute -- those tadpoles! We don't have bodoes of water sitting around here in this new neighborhood to look for frogs, however we did our own tadpole raising back in Sept. We did the Grow-A-Frog thing. Out of three tadpoles, one made it into BIG frog land. He is quite a character.
I want to do it again and this time study them better. I wasnt aware of this CM was back then and would do it a whole lot differently now.

:))

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7/22/08

More huge storms last night! Woke half our household up at 1:00am. Very scary! But I think the calm is here now, and yet another new wildflower has emerged - Hairy Hawkweed. It has a beautiful delicate yellow flower that looks a lot like Chicory.

7/21/08

The storms have brought on two new wildflower discoveries: Spotted Touch-Me-Not (also known as Spotted Jewelweed)- a gorgeous almost exotic looking orange flower; and Heal-All (also known as Self-Heal) - a purple/white cluster of blooms that look like snapdragons.

7/20/08

Wow! A huge, but quick, storm just blew through with a fury! It was a little scary. Oh we so need the rain though to cool off the dry scorched land. Welcome to late July!

7/19/08

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7/15/08

Today, I observed a Hummingbird Moth busying about a bunch of Red Clover! I don't remember ever seeing one of those before. At first glance it looked like a bumblebee, but then I realized that it was hovering about like a hummingbird does and was slender shaped. Very cool looking!

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