This year I am observing quite a lot of dead frogs (leopard frogs) near where the ice is starting to open. Several were piled up in a small one foot sqare area where a very small creek runs in. Is this normal? I did not observe this last winter, there were just a few over the whole pond. The only difference this year really was the snow cover was much deeper for a longer time.
I think they may have been coming up for air?

Not liking what I am seeing. Hopefully not the fish too.