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Maria Paula's avatar

This is my first spring at my home. What a delight to hear the toads singing in my neighbor’s pond. I told him so. He said that’s because I’m the “nature sort” and the woman down the road complained asking if he could do anything about the “noise”. Last week it was warm enough to leave the windows open at night and I heard an owl. I woke my partner by asking “is that an owl?” as his snoring was ruining the owl sounds…of course it was an owl.

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Carole Miles's avatar

One of the garden toads took up residence in my green house last summer - I think he was hiding under one of the tomato grow bags. He wasn't lumpy but had a sharp face. with dark markings and a greenish body. We would often startle each other when I went in to water. I made sure I always left the door open enough so he could escape the heat. I have a mini pond in the strawberry patch - which used to be a carp pond, then a toad / frog swamp. Birds would drop by for a snack and leave me bones and bits of carcass. Anyhow my friend Paul and his sons drained the swamp and turned the large pond into a strawberry patch with added hibernaculum. I notice they have been busy as there is spawn in the mini pond.

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