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Some things that brought me joy recently.
🌺 sniffing pretty flowers
🐸 watching the toad migration and seeing all these little guys trying to hitch a ride
🪿 baby geese
🦉 finding and picking apart some owl pellets
🦴 my friend Lissy texting me pics of some big animal bones she found
♻️ buying a cool secondhand jacket
✍🏼 my friend Swan making a drawing of my bun Jackie and me
✍🏼 me in turn drawing her riding on a big, angry goose
📖 reading by the water
🐰 feeding the little man his midnight snack

#HappyDays #Outdoors #LetsGoOutside #SpringTime #Lente #Paddentrek #ToadMigration #Flowers #BabyGeese #Goose #Ganzen #OwlPellet #Uilenbal #Skelet #SecondHandFashion #Selfie #Drawing #RabbitsOfPixelfed #Nature #Arnhem #Sonsbeek #Rijn #SlowLiving #ReWild #WildWomen #GirlMoss

A branch with lots of small red flowers, in the sun

On the side of the road, a big toad carries a smaller toad while an even smaller toad also tries to jump on

A mother goose and her 3 fluffy little baby geese by a city pond

A close-up of an owl pellet laying on brown leaves on the ground. Some tiny mouse bones are visible

When visiting one of the small lakes nearby, I was delighted to see that the toads came to spawn. I thought the migration was already over.

#photography #nature #naturephotography #toadmigration #toadspawn #closeup #amphibian #lake #omsystem #om3 #mft #microfourthirds #olympus1240pro #olympus1240mm

A close-up of a common toad partially submerged in water, with its head breaking the surface. Gentle ripples frame its face, creating a natural distortion around its piercing eyes and textured, earthy-toned skin. The soft, muted background emphasizes the toad's presence in its aquatic habitat.

Close-up of a toad's head, showing its orange-ringed eye and bumpy skin.

A common toad peeks out from the water, its golden eyes reflecting the light. Blades of grass frame the scene, adding depth to the natural setting. Gentle ripples surround the toad, emphasizing its presence in the calm pond environment.

A pair of common toads in amplexus, floating in a calm body of water. The male clings to the larger female, his golden eyes alert, while her gaze is steady beneath the surface. The water's muted green tones contrast with their textured, earthy skin.

🦎 Amphibians Tours with Graad! 🐸
Human built roads. Nature is okay with that but want to use them too. The toad migration has begun! :ecoanarchism_heart:
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'A little help from my friends' 🎶
🦎 I saved two 🦎 from a fast electric bike, a fatbike and a dog
'I am so emotional bby' 🥹🎵
One 🐸 and for one 🦎 was it too late 😭 'Bright eyes....' ♪

When the average temperature over a day is 8 to 10 °C and this lasts for about 3 days, the male toads wake up. They are smaller, so they warm up faster. For the females it is important that this temperature lasts for about a week. The humidity also affects the
toad migration, they prefer to go out when it is humid, because their skin
is sensitive to drying out.

Most traffic casualties occur during the great migration from about mid-February to the end of March. 🚲🏍️🛵🛹🛴🦼🚗

This can involve
thousands of animals per night! 🌚
#nature #toadmigration #paddentrek #amphibians #animalliberation

#ToadMigration

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