It's Frog Spawn!

Today was an exciting day for us at humming-bird hollow. Not only are the Rufus hummers back, but we found frog spawn in our pond. Not one sac of eggs, but 6 sacs that we could find. While we see frogs in the pond each year, we have never seen eggs or tadpoles. Now we have them. We have been reading about whether our fish will eat them or not, and we still don't know - so far all is good. They take 6 to 21 days to hatch, depending on the water temperature. We have decided to remove one sac of eggs to a tub, and nurture the eggs into tadpoles and then release them. During this time, we can watch the eggs in the pond to see if they are eaten or not. We have no idea what kind of frogs they will be, but we are off to a great start this spring!!! Here is one cluster of eggs in the pond grass - they are in a jelly like sac. I am sooooo excited!