[vernalpool] Re: American Toads

 

Hi Rosemary,

I also heard American toads calling last week (April 14)up in Rowley, MA.

I have heard American toads call as early as April 5 in 2010 (an unseasonably warm spring), on April 2 in 2009 and on April 10 in 2008, also in Rowley, MA which is much further north than Taunton.

Maybe it is early for this activity according to the "books", but the toads in this area certainly don't think that it is too early!

Cheryl

--- In vernalpool@yahoogroups.com, "Rosemary Mosco" <rmosco@...> wrote:
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> I heard some American Toads calling last week in a pool near Taunton, and saw some breeding activity. Here's a picture of some toad amplexus and what I think is a fleeing fairy shrimp: http://www.flickr.com/photos/40723658@N05/5634592873/in/photostream
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> I know I'm from farther up north, but isn't it a bit early for these guys to be out down here? I'm not ready for it to be toad season yet!
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> -Rosemary
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