Observations by activatedk

Notice that there are two species in this photo. The Northwestern Salamander egg mass is the large, 4” x 4”, attached to branch. It appeaers to be fresh with stiff, thick jelly surrounding the ovum. The water was about 9” deep. Xin find and photo

Water is 5” deep. One egg mass is attached to twig. Shape of mass is 3” x 1”. Many developing embryos are alive but some of the ova have turned white which look like they might have been frozen in the cold snap and died. Xin find and photo.

Egg masses are attached to small branches in water 6” deep. The area is heavily overgrown with grass and cattails. Egg mass is 1” x ¾”. The ova are developing. The second photo shows 1 egg surrounded by more jelly than would be expected for pacific treefrog confirming identification.
Xin find; photos by Xin and Diana.

The egg mass, ½ - ¾” across is attached to a leaf. There are 2 eggs in mass surrounded by a wide layer of jelly. There is a faint membrane around the ovum indicating Long-toed Salamander. Heavy cattails crowd area.

Found in water 4” deep; attached to a reed; second egg mass is smaller. The first mass is approx. 2” x 1”. The eggs are tan. There are 7-8 eggs in mass which is covered with silt. The silt covering makes it difficult to see the egg but the jelly lay is much wider than the ovum so this is identified as a Long-toed salamander.

These birds where swimming with Mallard in lake Washington. I have been unable to identify them because the large white throat doesn't show up in the books I have. The male has a green head, like mallards but the female is very dark and doesn't look like female mallards.

The water is 4” deep with the eggs submerged about 2”. The egg mass is attached to a stick. The jelly surrounding the ovum is significantly wider than the egg and a halo around the ovum can be seen. The ovum is black on top and the ovum count is eight within mass. Photo with a yellow ruler shows the entire egg mass to be about 1” wide.

Eggs are bicolored, tan on bottom. The size of the egg mass is less than an inch. Found under the boardwalk submerged 5”below water surface. The egg mass was securely attached to a reed under the boardwalk so it wasn’t possible to get a clear photo. An algae-like film covered the mass. The egg count is approximately 3. Valerie find.

These tadpoles are tiny hatchlings. SVL is approx. 3 mm. The white tape in one of the photos is divided into ¼ “ segments. They have a large, wide head compared to body; eyes are on side of head; tail short compared to SVL; boxy looking. The head of one tadpole is more pointed than I would have expected.