The cutest little noses around: tadpoles

Now that I have the creek aquarium, I have a halfway legitimate excuse to muck around in every creek I pass. Creeks that actually have water are pretty thin on the ground this time of year, but I found a creek with an active trickle near Spiderhouse and Trudy’s.

It was teeming with tiny little tadpoles. They were fat and slow, with big old tadpole bellies, so it was pretty easy to catch them. Basically I put this used hotdog holder into the water and they swam right in.

How many tadpoles is too many?