We went without rain here for over two weeks, and here’s what the tadpole pond looked like: critically shrunken. And it could only get worse from there. When tadpole ponds dry up, the tadpoles die. It was time to mount a rescue.
Hubby and I were well equipped with prepared Tadpole Transport Conveyances (coffee cans with impromptu handles)…
…and fishing nets with which to easily scoop the tadpoles out of their little pond.
After much scooping, we filled both cans with pond water and as many tadpoles as we could get. Here’s a video of one of the cans.
With two cans filled with tadpoles, we were ready to transport them to the larger pond down the mountain.
*whew*, this is one forest that needs rain. Even the mountain laurel looks parched.
We do, however, have an excellent sprinkler system that’s taking good care of our garden.
Here are the tadpoles in their buckets, and video footage of their new home — a larger pond that doesn’t dry up even during drought conditions.
Here I am, releasing the tadpoles into the pond.
And how much fun it was, watching the tadpoles venture out and about, exploring their new home.
Frog Out and Prosper!
