A nice sunny day, and the arboretum was especially colourful, and we were lucky to see a small ephemeral pond that was providing a refuge to at least seven Western Toads.
Update: Kiyoshi Takahashi shared his wonderful photos with us in this ALBUM
We all met at the HEY building [ Larger picture ]
Before we visited the Riverview Creek area we went up to "Doctor's Row"
where a very good view can be seen of Colony Farm and Mary Hill, see a Panoramio photo of the view
Riverview Creek, rearing ponds area. [ Larger picture ]
Western toads in an ephemeral pond; How many can you SEE ? [ Larger picture ]
One of the rearing ponds; settling in slowly but surely [ Larger picture ]
Walking out to the road [ Larger picture ]
