Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Catching Pollywogs (Tadpoles)

What could be more fun on a warm July day than catching pollywogs (tadpoles or very young frogs) with your bare hands?

Pollywogs/ tadpoles

11 comments:

  1. When I saw your post about pollywogs, bells went off in the back of my mind and after a search with Google also found that sailors that haven't crossed the Equator are also called pollywogs

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  2. Nice photo of a childhood activity still done today.

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  3. Looks like great fun for those youngsters!

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  4. Beautiful classic summertime shot! Nice capture.

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  5. Nice to see that kids are still catching pollywogs in the summertime.

    Darla

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  6. Guess those youngster are having a great time enjoying nature at it's best!

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  7. Shame they are all boys! I used to love doing this when I was a wee lass. Then watching them turn into frogs over the weeks. Great times ...

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  8. I remember doing exactly the same as a kid in UK! But of course, our frogs had a British accent!!!

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  9. It looks extraq fun to me too.

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  10. What fun! I'm glad kids are still enjoying the summertime ritual. My pond was full of the little creatures and now FROGS. MB

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  11. Looks the kids had a great time! Great photos, too!

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