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On golden pond – photo essay

By

Mike Sturk

Reading Time: 2 minutes

Published: June 9, 2022

Plenty of vegetation provides cover for the frogs. | Mike Sturk photo

Plenty of vegetation provides cover for the frogs. | Mike Sturk photo

Photographer Mike Sturk recently recorded the goings-on at a small pond near High River, Alta.

Wood frogs thrive in this water body, but other creatures do as well. | Mike Sturk photos

A wood frog hangs above the underwater vegetation. | Mike Sturk photo

Water striders mate. | Mike Sturk photo

The wood frog freezes and its heart stops beating during the winter. Its liver produces an antifreeze that prevents damage from the cold. | Mike Sturk photo.

When spring arrives the wood frog thaws and its heart begins to beat again. | Mike Sturk photo