Eggs!
Finally!
We found some frog eggs; same place that we found them last year. Embarrassing, but true, we found them in our ditch; right in our own front yard. It’s embarrassing because the water in our ditch NEVER goes away. We have determined that these are actually ‘frog’ eggs and not ‘toad’ eggs, like we guessed last year. This year we know that frogs lay their eggs in mounds of gelatinous fluid, whereas toads lay their eggs in long strands.
This explains why our tadpoles took SO long to turn into frogs last year. Frogs take much longer to morph from tadpoles to frogs. It would really be interesting to find toad eggs too, and then observe them side-by-side. So, I’ll still keep my eye out. 
GB would only let me take a few eggs because he wants to promote the amphibian population in our yard. ~~smiles~~
Frog eggs: (btw, I would never do this!)
These, in the bottom picture, look more like ours did before we scooped them into the plastic container.
Toad eggs:
You are NOT being slackers in leaving that ditch out there. It’s is part of your home schooling venue. An Outdoor Nature Lab.
I love the eggs and bluebirds!
Comment by
tribeofautodidacts — May 10, 2008 @ 7:01 pm
Oh, I love it! Have fun! And, I love the photos of the difference between frog & toad eggs. I’d heard it described, but the photos really show the difference.
Comment by Dana — May 12, 2008 @ 8:38 pm