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Tiny toad plague (62)
thistle Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1317 W: 77 N: 3012] (9272)
This year we have toad plague.

Few days ago there were lots of tadpoles in the pond behind my house. Now they changed into hundreds of tiny toads. See WS pictures if you want to know how small they are and how many of them I can see everyday.

They changed into young toads so now they want to leave water and start to live on the land. That's why all banks of my pond (which is quite big, about 40x120m) are full of tiny toads. They try to hide in any small holes in ground.
To take these picture I was actually walking in water because when you walk on the bank you can simply step on them. I'm not a bif fan of toads, but these tiny "froggies" are quite cute and the last thing I want is to squash them.

On this picture you can see something that looks like a fight. It wasn't a fight. They were simply sitting on very crowdy rock. It's very popular place to sit so they all try to be on the top. To get there they often walk on other toads. In the BG you can see more toads, of course :-) The blue colour is water at evening. I had to use flash because there was very little light and they were moving all the time.
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thistle Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1317 W: 77 N: 3012] (9272)
Tiny toads
Edited by:thistle Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1317 W: 77 N: 3012] (9272)
Toads on my hand - you can see how small they are.
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thistle Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1317 W: 77 N: 3012] (9272)
Tiny toads leaving water
Edited by:thistle Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1317 W: 77 N: 3012] (9272)
Picture has bad quality becuase of low shutter speed, but gives some impression how banks of my pond look these days