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The Frog Pond fills at the season’s second big rain event. The next morning, a Great Blue Heron checks it out – looking for frogs? Pacific Chorus Frogs are certainly here, bringing their full-throated chorus each nightfall.

Rainstorms spawn a rainbow over Portola Valley Ranch. A few days later, another approaching rainstorm paints the heavens at dawn.