Found two of these guys in the pond in the Backyard Garden. There are no doubt more as last summer we could often see 6 or 8 at a time. It was such a warm day, so summer-like, that I thought I might hear toads trilling. I know that in some areas south of us, they began mating quite awhile back, much earlier than normal. Things are topsy-turvy this year, with so much happening much, much earlier than is typical.