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.]
Tadpoles everywhere. Two basic different looking ones. This dark smallish one and larger one that had more mottled look.
We also heard calls.
Heard call to verify
Photo w cop’s only for comparison
Startled this snake and then followed it along the edge of the pond. Then watched it take off after a rio grande leopard frog.
Not my favorite thing to find when wading
Found two good sized snakes in this wet weather pond
Mini-Bioblitz in drainage structure near Devine Lake. Cricket frogs tried to drown out other frogs.
The Cope's were loud and almost constant.
Just under the Cope's and Blanchard's one can hear the purr of the RIO GRANDE LEOPARD FROG.
Green Tree Frog @ .03 - .05 It is hard to hear with talking, Cricket Frogs, Leopard Frog purr, and Cope's call.
You can just hear the "bark" of the Green Tree Frog at the beginning of this audio.
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