Frog Emergency - Part I

Okay. I guess there is no such thing as a "frog emergency," but we got a call from the Amphibian Watch team. Recent rains had given reason to check out a drainage structure/containment pond near Devine Lake Park and some wet weather ponds at Berry Springs Park.

MPF called Friday - Frog Woodstock. The calls at the pond in Leander were insane. We heard Narrow Mouth Toads, Green Tree Frogs, Rio Grande Leopard Frogs, Cope's Grey Tree Frogs, and Blanchard's Cricket Frogs. I think I only managed audio of 3 (missed the GTF and NMT). We caught BCF, CGTF, and RGLF. We also observed multiple snakes at the pond and then in a swale at Devine Lake Park. [It was a little stunning to be wading in ankle-deep water and come upon a large Nerodia.

We spend a few hours until everyone was tired and we figured we had seen what we could.

Emergency or not, I'm glad we got the call.

[As I prepare to post I discovered a number of wildflowers missing. So know that there were more wildflowers in the meadow at the Park. There were also two LARGE Mediterranean House Geckos that were not documented (and probably a few other things) because my cell phone died - twice.]

Posted on April 2, 2018 03:28 AM by alflinn329