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Frogs and turtles

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Ally

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on: May 06, 2019, 11:02:12 AM
I found these frogs in TTP on Sunday, risked being attacked by a goose Dad defending his wife and eggs to take the photos. I jumped on a sight of a tiny snake though.
In my quest of the owls, I then came to Colonel Sam Smith, and found these turtles sunning. Did not found any owl :(  :(
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Reply #1 on: May 06, 2019, 11:17:01 AM
Love these photos!  Re: photo #2 ...  :lol:  Am I the only one that giggles when seeing this happen?
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Jo-Anne :)

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Reply #2 on: May 06, 2019, 01:20:45 PM
Quote from: "Bird Brain"
Love these photos!  Re: photo #2 ...  :lol:  Am I the only one that giggles when seeing this happen?

Thank you. And I waited around for a while for that to happen. :D  :D
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Reply #3 on: May 06, 2019, 07:32:06 PM
Nice captures. I'm surprised those turtles did slide off into the water when they saw your lens.
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Reply #4 on: May 10, 2019, 10:34:15 PM
Great pix...love the descending size of the turtles....impressed with the number.

OK...anyone have an ID on the frogs...I swear at least one of them, if not both, look like a fowler's toad to me...and well....the other one...I dunno....
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Reply #5 on: May 14, 2019, 08:21:49 PM
Both pictures of toad are American Toads.
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Reply #6 on: May 14, 2019, 08:44:29 PM
Do you think they have croak permits?
Are there any Canadian toads and if so are they better looking?
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Reply #7 on: May 14, 2019, 10:53:35 PM
There is a species of toad called the Canadian Toad that looks very similar to the American Toad.  The Canadian Toad lives in a small part of the Northwest Territories and most of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.  The Fowler's Toad lives in a few locations along the Lake Erie shoreline.
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Reply #8 on: May 15, 2019, 08:56:26 PM
Amazing. Thanks for enlightening me. Imagine, we have our own
all-Canadian toads. I would have thought they reside in Ottawa.
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Reply #9 on: May 17, 2019, 09:00:15 PM
Well good thing no one is depending on me for ID....although to be fair...my gut was saying american toad but I always look for the exotic....
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