Tadpole Rescue
This morning, Jane and I went up to Oak Glen Preserve to hike the loop. It was a perfect spring day. I wish everyday (or most) were as nice as this. Throw in with a few rainy days and life would be perfect. While on the preserve, I shared with Jane that Naturalists and Rangers have implemented my idea to relocate Pacific Tree Frog and Western Toad tadpoles from the preserve's Duck Pond spillway. On Friday, during my lunch break, I observed the water level had dropped an inch or so, but it seemed there was still plenty of time to get more tadpoles relocated. As Jane and I visited the spillway, we were shocked to see that most of the water was gone. All remaining tadpoles where is very small shallow areas or were beached on piles of wet sediment that would most likely become dry the next day. I wanted to save them all. Jane and I decided to finish hiking the loop, then return with equipment to relocate as many tadpoles as time would allow. As we returned t