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metamorph

Hundreds of lavae in pooled road ruts

Frog or toad eggs?

In shallow water. Joined by gelatinous stuff.

Unusual looking egg mass found in a seasonal wetland at the eastern edge of the San Joaquin valley.

Red-Shoulder Hawk's prey

I forwarded this photo to a fellow homeowner and naturalist who uploaded it to this platform. It was confirmed subsequently that the frog is indeed a California Tree Frog

Found more than 100 individuals, adjacent ponded feature.

Egg masses

Vernal pools off Nobel and the 805, egg masses, could be Baja CA Tree Frog or Spadefoot? I saw a Baja. Friends told me Spadefoots are calling at night.

Awesome blotching on this one

Found and shared by a volunteer.

Predated upon

About 4-5in!!

6 legs... not great

1 adult and 18 hatchlings caught over a 3 hour period. Collected under the direction and supervision of biologists with USFWS and USGS.

Collected for USGS Research.

Thinking Red Diamond? I was zoomed so snake maybe 2.5-3 feet long. It was pretty calm - it rattled few times and then coiled up a bit - just looked me over with some tongue flicking.

About 2 inches long

Aberrant. Seen a few semi-aberrant individuals here in the area, but never any as remotely interesting as this one.

And a bonus springtail!

On rock face directly to the right of the waterfall.