Photo of the Week – June 3, 2016 | The Prairie Ecologist

Photo of the Week – June 3, 2016

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Chris Helzer

Toads are funny looking.

Woodhouse’s toad. Helzer family prairie. Stockham, Nebraska.

Have a good weekend.

About Chris Helzer

Chris Helzer is the Director of Science for The Nature Conservancy in Nebraska. His main role is to evaluate and capture lessons from the Conservancy’s land management and restoration work and then share those lessons with other landowners – both private and public. In addition, Chris works to raise awareness about the importance of prairies and their conservation through his writing, photography, and presentations to various groups. Chris is also the author of "The Ecology and Management of Prairies in the Central United States", published by the University of Iowa Press. He lives in Aurora, Nebraska with his wife Kim and their children.

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7 Responses to Photo of the Week – June 3, 2016

Donna says:

June 3, 2016 at 2:55 pm

Wonderful. Gives me a whole new perspective from which to view a toad.

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Lou says:

June 3, 2016 at 3:28 pm

The last thing many a flying insect ever sees!

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Delmar says:

June 3, 2016 at 11:11 pm

Pete! Pete! Is that you?!

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Isabel Cohen says:

June 5, 2016 at 1:45 pm

Oh I don’t know, he looks kind of cute to me!

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TextileRanger says:

June 5, 2016 at 3:52 pm

He doesn’t look very happy considering he has escaped the concrete fate of his cousin in A Toadal Mystery.

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savannagal says:

June 6, 2016 at 2:58 pm

He kind of reminds me of a baby bird.

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Chris Muldoon says:

June 6, 2016 at 3:32 pm

Can’t believe you couldn’t coax a smile out of that dude!

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