First up - tadpoles!
We have a fishpond (an old bath) in our backyard with goldfish in it which manage to survive no matter what! In fact, the only time they died and needed replacing was when I cleaned it out. The water level in this pond goes up and down depending on the weather, at times we have had hungry crows feasting, the algae and water plants have almost taken over, we have even had babies (that was very exciting, I didn't know that baby goldfish start out black), and sill the goldfish survive!
At times, especially over the summer, we have heard frogs (never seen them though). And then one day Erin came in super-dooper excited - she had caught a tadpole! She thought initially it was a baby goldfish, but sure enough, it was a tadpole - and there were so many of them! We were all so excited and I quietly patted myself on the back for having an obviously healthy pond (obtained completely from neglect) and providing an oasis in suburbia for frogs.
But Mother Nature rules, and slowly the tadpole numbers dwindled, until they were all gone. And then a few weeks later another super-dooper excited Erin came running in - she had caught a tadpole! And this one had legs and a tail and was quite big (relatively). It must have hidden well as she found it in the pigface (a seaside plant) which trails into the water. However, perhaps due to our interference, we didn't see it anymore after a few days.
But it was so wonderful to see that in our own suburban backyard.
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