I got an idea when I saw a few species of mud daubers trying to find mud around my pre-formed pond. I floated a piece of raw cedar siding and sprinkled it with dirt. The wood wicks enough water to keep the dirt wet and now I get to watch these delicate waisted ladies.
I finally saw my first little froglet of the season. It's on a sedge for size reference. Still too shiny to live out of water and still had a bit of tail left, but the little guys are growing up.
As the title states, I would like some native lily pads or other Puget Sound area native floating plants for my frog pond. Does anyone know where to buy or want to divide some they already have?
We put in our wildlife pond last year and stocked it with pollywogs from a friend's natural pond. This spring we heard frog singing, a lot of egg clusters showed up, a lot of 'wogs showed up, and now I meant to get this great photo of both. There are currently 4 new egg clusters that showed up over the weekend, too!
Inside my very alive pond are these tiny creatures moving about. I'm going to buy a microscope but don't have it yet, in the meantime can anyone tell me what these are? They are visible as almost a glitter-like motion below the surface.
I posted last week with a video that was more for sound than what the pond area looks like. Today I climbed onto the roof to get a decent shot with a camera. My vine maple is just starting to leaf and it's a 125 gallon pre-formed pond. We started it one year ago and loaded it with water from a more rural family member's natural pond. It is full of life now. There are many visible tadpoles and more frog eggs and salamander eggs to hatch stuck to plants. You can see that we are right next to a four-lane city street. The fence protects the pond and plants from our deer and raccoons. I'll get another photo when all the flowers bloom.
Last year we made a frog pond and stocked it with buckets of water from my parents field. Tadpoles and other creatures included. This year we know we have successfully started a native area in our urban back yard. (Sound needed or it doesn't make sense.)
Last year we made a frog pond. We live in the Puget Sound area and all the bugs, frogs, and other creatures from our childhoods have disappeared, so we tried to make a habit in our yard.
Last summer I "stocked" this pond with a few buckets of water from a tiny residual vernal pool at my parents place about 10 miles away. There was a huge pond while I was growing up but someone drained it because of...well because they were jerks in my opinion.
Last fall and this spring we heard a lot of ribbits, now there is so much life in this pond. That includes algae, after all, I want it to match the original. I'll try to upload some photos of current egg clusters: Pacific Tree Frog and some sort of salamander.