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Mark’s Covid Diary… May 25, 2020

By Mark | May 25, 2020

Last year on Memorial Day, my son and I discovered a giant vernal pool teaming with tadpoles at Riverside Park, so we thought we’d go back today in hopes of finding more. While we didn’t find any frogs or tadpoles, there was plenty for us to talk about. Among other things, we saw a family […]

Posted in Health, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Alro, asian carp, Barack Obama, carp, Charles `The Butcher' Benton, Chuck Scarborough, conspiracy theories, coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, double feature, exercise, frogs, golf, golfing, H1N1, Harold Hill, Huron River, hypocrisy, hypocrisy watch, Idaho, Indestructible Man, Joe Biden, masks, Memorial Day, pandemic, playgrounds, public health, Riverside Park, Russian roulette, swine flu, tadpoles, The Man Who Came to Dinner, The Music Man, The Omega Man | 58 Comments

“Herp Talk” with local amphibian biologist Katy Greenwald

By Mark | June 23, 2019

Over the past few weeks, I’ve posted here about both tadpoles and frogs that my son and I had found in Riverside Park. Well, as a result of these posts, I’ve come into contact with Eastern Michigan University amphibian biologist Katy Greenwald, who, I guess, felt professionally obligated to write in and correct me, informing […]

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The tadpoles are now frogs

By Mark | June 9, 2019

About two weeks ago, as you may recall, Arlo and I collected a bunch of tadpoles from a vernal pool in Ypsilanti’s Riverside Park. Well, things seemed to be going pretty well for our amphibian friends up until yesterday… Two days ago, things were awesome. We had about eight tadpoles that had sprouted back legs, […]

Posted in Environment, Mark's Life, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged amphibians, Arlo, frogs, hindlimbs, Linette's parents, metamorphosis, operculum, rapture, Riverside Park, tadpoles, tails, toads | 7 Comments

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Mark’s Covid Diary… May 25, 2020

“Herp Talk” with local amphibian biologist Katy Greenwald

The tadpoles are now frogs

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