“It’s the season for loving on the dark roads around Lake Roland in Baltimore County. A little night music, a cool breeze, a soft drizzle, and the whole lot of them are in the mood.

They are dozens of American toads. The small males affix to the backs of the larger, friskier females, trying to cross a busy road for a weeks-long spawning party in a shallow pool. Once they’re spent, the toads will cross back, living the rest of the year in woods, puddles and backyards — until their internal GPS tells them it’s time to mate again…. “

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