In my vernal pool, things have been a little slow getting started. There are certainly plenty of Wood Frogs quacking up a storm, and while I've seen the first of the Spotted Salamanders... and at least one spermatophore field... I really haven't found any eggs to speak of... well, until today. WF eggs are easy to spot, since they tend to float on the surface in large clouds that I've often called a cumulus. Spotties are trickier. For starters, they're more hidden below the surface, and while the opaque and semi-translucent ones are dramatically eye-catching, the clusters that resemble WF egg masses are more head-scratchers. I'm glad I didn't just gloss over these eggs as yet more WFs. The overall shape, size, color, and lack of a jelly covering bring them into the Spottie camp. Looks like both amphibian groups, under the cover of darkness, have been having, um, fun.