These videos and some explanation also appear in the chronicles for the respective ponds. They do not have sound.
Munching on the Mud of the Garfield Hills
We Like Gravel Pits, Too
Wending Through the Wide Open Spaces of a Playa Lake
Munching on the Mud of the Garfield Hills
Garfield Hills Tadpole Shrimp Video 2023-08-01b-r, Garfield Hills.
___Tadpole shrimp playing bumper cars in the shallows as they seek out the most mouth watering mud.
Garfield Hills Tadpole Shrimp Video 2023-08-01c-cr, Garfield Hills.
___Tadpole shrimp eating circles around each other as they hollow out little depressions in the pond bottom.
Garfield Hills Tadpole Shrimp Video 2023-08-01d-cr, Garfield Hills.
___Tadpole shrimp taking their time chewing through the clay-rich water as the flies flit about.
Garfield Hills Tadpole Shrimp Video 2023-08-15-cr, Garfield Hills.
___Some tadpole shrimp digging in the mud while others are swimming to have a look around just because.
Tadpole Shrimp Videos – top
We Like Gravel Pits, Too
Windy Gravel Pit Pond Tadpole Shrimp Video 2023-09-01-cr, McLeans Valley.
___Tadpole shrimp feeding on the gravelly bottom of a shallow puddle in a gravel pit rather than on the muddy bottom of more common habitat. Is that hard on the legs?
Tadpole Shrimp Videos – top
Wending Through the Wide Open Spaces of a Playa Lake
Kibby Flat Playa Lake Tadpole Shrimp Video 2023-09-06c-cmr, Monte Cristo Valley.
___Tadpole shrimp exploring the (relative) vastness of Kibby Flat Playa Lake and kicking up a lot of mud.
Kibby Flat Playa Lake Tadpole Shrimp Video 2023-09-06d-cmr, Monte Cristo Valley.
___A tadpole shrimp in Kibby Flat Playa Lake seems to go even faster in very shallow water, maybe due to better traction on the mud, which is churned up in a telltale contrail.
Kibby Flat Playa Lake Tadpole Shrimp Video 2023-09-06e-mr, Monte Cristo Valley.
___A few tadpole shrimp exploring my net and boot in very shallow water of Kibby Flat Playa Lake; one takes a particular interest in the handle of my net.