Brent and I walked to Minnekhada Park and then did a bit of hiking in the park and then walked back. We heard there was a bear on one section of trail so we skipped that section. There were signs up that Western Toads live in the park and toadlets might be trying to cross the trail so be careful where you step. I hoped we would see a toadlet.
About 1/3 into our walk, we saw some folks looking at something on the side of the trail. We had a look. OMG it was hundreds of teeny toads, many of them still with a prominent tadpole tail! How cool! Then, just a short way from there, we saw tens of thousands of tadpoles swimming around in the swamp with the occasional toadlet leaving the water and hopping over to join the others. As we continued our walk there were toadlets, literally EVERYWHERE. We had to be careful not to step on them as they were all over the trail hopping from one side to the other. We also saw one full-grown toad sitting on the trail. The whole thing was completely magical. I’m so happy we were there for the day that the toadlets emerged from the swamp. It was almost as special as the day at Forgetmenot Pond when the ice was breaking up.
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