On Sunday, members of the habitat committee at the arboretum went looking for amphibian egg masses. We waded around in the wetlands for a couple of hours and weren’t able to find any out there yet. The water level is fairly high at the moment from all of the recent rain, so we weren’t able to survey all of the locations that we wanted. Also, there are heaps of fallen tree limbs clogging the area from last year’s ice storm. That said, we were able to find egg masses of the Pacific Treefrog in the shallow pools around the parking lot. It will be interesting to see how viable these eggs are this early in the year and when they might hatch during the cold, winter weather. As friendly reminder to help protect these creatures, please remember to keep your dogs and children out of the shallow pools found throughout the arboretum like around the parking lot and the area known as The Seeps along the road that goes above the wetlands. Thank you. As the evening approached, the males started vocalizing their beautiful choral croaks, music to my ears. Spring is on its way!