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Kilham5

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A pile of shite (not the bike)

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steve_sordy

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Nov 5, 2018
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I was passing a small lake near my local trail and could see it was tadpole time!
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When I looked across the lake, I could see great swirls of black where the taddies were congregating, like murmurations of Starlings at dusk. Sadly the photo I took doesn't do it justice. The fish in the lake must have eaten their fill because even the goldfish I could see on the surface were not eating them.
A few years ago I came slightly later in the cycle, when it was frog migration time. All the fully grown taddies were now perfectly formed black frogs about half an inch long. They were leaving the lake for the woods, en masse! The trail was a carpet of moving frogs. It was impossible to pass them without squashing scores with every step. The birds were having a field day, gorging themselves silly!
 

JohnJohn

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Aug 31, 2019
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I was passing a small lake near my local trail and could see it was tadpole time!
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When I looked across the lake, I could see great swirls of black where the taddies were congregating, like murmurations of Starlings at dusk. Sadly the photo I took doesn't do it justice. The fish in the lake must have eaten their fill because even the goldfish I could see on the surface were not eating them.
A few years ago I came slightly later in the cycle, when it was frog migration time. All the fully grown taddies were now perfectly formed black frogs about half an inch long. They were leaving the lake for the woods, en masse! The trail was a carpet of moving frogs. It was impossible to pass them without squashing scores with every step. The birds were having a field day, gorging themselves silly!
"Congregating like murmurations of starlings at dusk " what a lovely description sir !
 


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