Ephemeral Ponds - Flying Trillium Gardens & Preserve

Turtle Pond is being restored.

Just enough water left to capture the red maple’s reflection.

Wood frogs migrate to ephemeral ponds with the first spring rains, sometimes even before snow melt is complete, to mate and lay eggs.

The wood frog at the center of the photo is one of hundreds looking for mates in this small pond.

These wood frog eggs will hatch soon.

Wood frogs typically lay eggs in a large communal mass. The newt swimming alongside may prey on the tiny tadpoles when they hatch.

The incredible shrinking pond; this one requires occasional inputs from the hose to keep the water lilies alive.

Newts chasing wood frog tadpoles.

A large wood frog egg mass.