Allie -- Field Study

                                                                                               Date: 10-27                                                                                                  Time: 3:10 Air temp: 18 c Surface water temp: 13 c Weather: Sunny, windy  Day length: 10h 33m Changes: leaves starting to change color (yellow and orange)  water level increase  less bug noise  less stu...

  Mass emergence of little frogs (froglets) happens most often after a big rain, and there were severe storms on Sep 20, 2025 when I first noted the frogs. Prediction made with a little research: I have come to the conclusion that the little frogs that I saw on September 20 were frogs transitioning from a froglet into a frog. They were likely at the stage where they still have a slight tail but were undergoing metamorphosis in order to reach their full size. Frogs in this stage of metamorphosis often stay near the water’s edge in the vegetation unless disturbed, then they jump back into the water and swim off from danger (aka. me). Findings: I visited my site at five pm. October 12, but instead of doing my normal Field observations I spent twenty minutes carefully walking around the edge of the pond at my location in order to attempt to capture one of these froglets in action. I got a decent video of one of them that I have below and it confirmed my hypothesis that those little f...

 Date: 10-7 Time: 4:30 Air temp: 16 c Surface water temp: 24 c Weather: Sunny Day length: 11h 26m Observations: -Mud along shore -cooler -Trail, hill, and plants in general look about the same -Lots of Minos  -Grass still felt dry despite rain -Crickets -Tire and footprint marks in the mud  -Blue Jay -Chip munk  -some more small birds  -Smelled like mint  -trail in the back and the hill looked about the same with no noticeable changes Changes: -Not much wind this time -no dragonfly  -Less cricket sound  -Didn't see any fish in this area today  -No frogs this time -More minos than last time -Lots of water gliders  -Water and air temp cooler  -Not much leaf change in trees -Some leaves in the water appeared to be turning translucent  -Water slightly higher This Visit: EED Question What happened to the frogs that were only there for one of my visits? They were there one day, and the next, I went back to pick something up, and they...