#Фотоблог
85 materials
April 8. Marking Common Toads During Spawning
Common toad spawning has begun! This is already the thirteenth spawning season during which we mark toads at Iskiv Pond, identifying recaptures from previous years. The work is quite labor-intensive, but the data obtained are worth the effort. This year, …
April 5, 2012. From Haidar to Zmiyiv
Having confirmed that the first individuals were arriving at the common toad spawning site, we walked back to Zmiyiv on foot. To keep the previous page of photos taken at the ponds and their surroundings from being too long, I'm …
March 17. Eskhar, Continuation of the Field Season
Last time the frogs were very hard to catch, but we need them for our work. We had to go again. The weather was not much different from last time — only it was cloudier, and the mud on the …
March 8. Winter Is Over
Snow still lies on the ground, but the sun is melting through it. Above dark objects hidden in the snow (twigs, for example), small windows form from fused ice droplets
March 4. Eskhar
The start of field season! A short trip to Eskhar, after frogs surviving the cold in the warm water of the power plant discharge.