Tadpole Wrangling

With a little help from some Cowpokes, a Pony Pal, Teacher Daughter Lisa, Local Son Curt, and Craig - we wrangled tadpoles yesterday!

Tadpole wrangling is a lot like herding cats - those little froggies-to-be can swim fast and dodge nets!

We quickly figured out that the best approach was to put the net in the trough and then swish it back and forth a few times.

There were so many tadpoles in the trough that you were bound to have netted a bunch. (Pony Pal Mila had a cold and so she wore a mask.)

The next step was to carefully bring the net over to the bucket where one of the adults would tip the froglings into the bucket with the others that had been caught.

Cowpoke Lukie was absolutely fascinated by the tadpoles.

He had a net to use, but was happiest just watching the tadpoles wriggle around in the bucket.

He spent a lot of time squatting next to the bucket and watching the nets be emptied into the water.

Because it was a beautiful day with temps in the 70s and low humidity, we got out the camp chairs and hung out a bit.

Of course, soon the horses got curious and came over to check out what we were doing.

We gave them a couple of cut up apples and then shooed them away so we could finish netting tadpoles.

In the end, we removed a lot of tadpoles from the trough. After packing everything into the car, I went back for one last look at the trough to see if many tadpoles were left.

Looks like we've got some more tadpole wrangling to do!