Pile O Toads

For the sake of closure this is the last post of the toads for a while. They are quiet now and the egg strings have hatched into thousands of tadpoles swimming around and clinging to the same reeds that the adults were sitting on.

The result of trilling is being wrestled under water by some of the other toads in the area. The center toad was happily trilling when he was quickly grabbed from front and back and dragged into the water. A few seconds and a lot of splashing later the group separated. I've heard that they don't know if they a male of female until they get ahold of him or her. That creates a lot of activity during the few weeks that they mate.

EOS 1D, 300 2.8 w/25mm tube, ISO 250, 1/400 @ 7.1, camera at ground level. The sun glare doesn't help, but it is what it was. Blurred the BG a bit to limit the distraction of the vegitation.

Comments and critiques are appreciated.

Thanks.