We have toads in the big pond, toads in the little pond, toads on the pool cover and the males are singing for all they're worth, trying to attract a possible mate. It's funny to listen to because some of them I think are young because they have a funny creaky song, like they need to practice a bit.
Oh I did see one frog in the big pond. I have no idea where he came from because we are about a quarter mile from any water. But he may have made the winter out there. Pete said that when he cleaned the leaves out of the little pond two weeks ago (no fish there in the winter) that there was a frog that kept burrowing under the leaves in the water. So he tossed it into the big pond across the boardwalk and we never saw it again until yesterday. I'm so glad to have a frog. One year we had two large ones, a male and a female and then we saw a young one. They were Freddie and Freda, and I don't remember what I called the other. But the next spring, they must have died during the winter because they were floating bottom side up. Freddie would get inside the Skippy which is next to a flowering plum tree. That was the year of the Japanese beetles. I'd catch beetles and toss them in the water right by Freddie and he's eat 'em. So he soon learned I would feed him. Later I'd find frog poops on the driveway or sidewalk and they'd be full of shiny beetle wings and I knew it was Freddie wandering around in the dark. We keep a light on by the pond because it sits at the end of our sidewalk by the porch and I worry that someone might fall in at night. Also it's fun to watch the fish at night. Well one night, I saw Freddie up on the boardwalk by the light catching bugs that came to the light. Also one of my big Koi named Tiger would come by the light and jump up to get the bugs around the light. But Tiger died a year ago winter when I lost all 10 of my big guys. Sunshine was the largest at 22" and 4 pounds. Most were close in size.