Frog Hunting

We have a lovely little pond off our back patio that The Dad built a few years ago. We have stocked it with fish and plants that have grown and reproduced. Unfortunately, we have had visits from a Blue Heron that have kept our fish population low (the d@mn bird ate EVERY.SINGLE.FISH one year!). The other critters that have made the pond home are frogs. And a lot of them. I have counted up to 14 of them at one time. We never added tadpoles. They just found the pond.
The Boy loves the frogs. Really, this must be an ideal situation for a little boy. He is out there almost every day with his net. At first, he was not quick enough to actually catch any but now he is really good at it.








Can you see the frog by his net?

You can also see the fishing line we have strung all over the top of the pond in our unsuccessful attempt to keep the d@mn bird out of our pond. Unfortunately I did not get a picture of the bird standing in the middle of all that fishing line. He is a beautiful bird but I hate him.

The "Prey":

















Yesterday during our frog hunting we found a really big one is now living in the little pond.



The ponds are great at keeping a 3 year old boy occupied!