Doug Thorburn writes about his Tuesday pictures of Western Toads:
Hi Alistair, thought you might be interested and/or horrified by these scenes of toad romance. At first I was hard pressed to determine where one toad started and the other ended. There also seems to be a bit of jelly covered eggs to add an additional fecundity to the scene. Spring is indeed in the air, and apparently the water.
Doug Thorburn’s images used with permission
I remember collecting tadpoles out at the little warm pond at Kokanee Park when I was a kid. We used to see the toads mating and accepted it, kid-like, as just one of those weird things creatures do!
Rebecca, similarly I would watch such things at Troup.
I enjoyed the 2nd shot of the disapproving neighbour toad.