Seeing all the froglets tonight I thought I might see something out at the pond. Went out and looked for a good ten minutes and saw nothing.

I can't believe that tadpoles would be that inconspicuous (given the way the ones on the back verandah, and in the dam, have behaved). I wonder perhaps if it's hard to have many tadpoles in a pond that is the only water source for lots of birds? Perhaps if frogs are really going to survive in rural ponds, there needs to be a number of ponds in a small area for it to work (so they're not overwhelmed by the birds)? Maybe they'd do better in a pond that wasn't surrounded by trees?