Painted turtles and snappers lay their eggs in the warm earth, then walk away to resume life, eating insects, tadpoles, and other denizens of the nearby ponds. Frog song gradually lessens as mating season for most species comes to an end.
Dragonflies emerge from lakes and marshes.
They ply the air on gossamer wings as they hunt for mosquitoes and flies. A well-camouflaged Leopard Frog snatches a resting damselfly from its perch on a dewy grass blade. The Red-shouldered Hawk catches frogs for its nestlings, and at night Herons and raccoons hunt frogs in the shallows. I watched a Kingfisher dive into my Greenwood pond and come back up with an adult frog. The bird flew to a nearby tree, perched, and began whacking the frog against the branch.