Loo kontoLogi sisse

Viimatised otsingud

Pole viimatisi otsinguid

Otsimisvalikud

Saadaval vaid kui sisse logitud.
est.social on üks paljudest sõltumatutest Mastodoni serveritest, mida saab fediversumis osalemiseks kasutada.
est.social on mõeldud Eestis üldkasutatavaks Mastodoni serveriks. est.social is meant to be a general use Mastodon server for Estonia.

Administraator:

Serveri statistika:

85
aktiivsed kasutajad

est.social: TeaveProfiilikataloogIsikuandmete kaitse

Mastodon: TeaveTõmba äppKiirklahvidLähtekoodv4.3.6+est

#frogs

22 postitusega21 osalejaga2 postitust täna
Avalik
elbowcrooker

No.3 in my series on the life cycle of the common frog:

Hundreds, if not thousands, of tadpoles wriggled about in the sunlit water earlier today.
Of course, only a tiny proportion will make it to froghood. They are predated by birds, newts, dragonfly larvae, grass snakes, frogs (!) and...... each other.
The pond is only 1.5 metres long and surrounded by tall trees and houses, but one year a pair of passing mallards spotted it and dropped in for a feed.
#frogs #tadpoles #wildlife #birds #garden

Jätkatud lõim
Avalik
Jer 🚵🏼

Cleaned up some of the pond, but those long leaves/fronds are tough to break up, even in death.
A little while later and things are hopping, so to speak. I’m starting to suspect these are the toads we get early in the season. We'll see if there's ungodly singing tonight with strands of eggs scattered around the pond like an unravelled sweater.
#toads #frogs

messy pond with two “couples” of toads or frogs mating, the smaller male is on top and clasping the bigger female, I think the idea being when she starts laying eggs he’ll fertilize them. These guys sing late into the night and have been known to grab onto almost anything.
Avalik
elbowcrooker

Further to my recent post about frogspawn, I'm happy to report that it has all hatched out. Hundreds of juvenile tadpoles have wriggled free of the 'jelly' and can now be seen feeding on it. They have been joined by a pond snail which is also tucking into this nutritious substance. The red caterpillar-like things are catkins from the silver birch and poplar trees that overlook the pond.
#frogs #tadpoles #pond #pondlife #ponds #gardening #wildlifegardening

Hundreds of tiny tadpoles can be seen at the surface of the pond. Due to natural predation only a small proportion of them will emerge weeks later as froglets.
Avalik
elbowcrooker

'Pond life' is sometimes used as an insult applied to particularly contemptible people but I feel that this is unfair to actual pond-dwelling creatures which, by contrast, are mostly harmless and frequently fascinating lifeforms.
Frogspawn is a case in point. You can see that our tiny garden pond is full of the stuff. Zoom in and you can tell that the embryos are starting to elongate towards the shape of a tadpole.
#pond #frogspawn #tadpoles #frogs #pondlife #wildlife #gardening #reptiles

4 or 5 large 'dollops' of frogspawn can be seen in our small garden pond.
AvastaLaiv lõimed
Teave