This month's amphibian monitoring at Berry Springs Preserve had been rescheduled twice - first, moved back a week due to the site champion being out of town chasing the total solar eclipse in Missouri, and second, moved up a day due to the imminent arrival of Hurricane Harvey. But we were able to pull it off, keeping safe and dry, and were rewarded with a cool evening and three species: Blanchard's Cricket Frogs (Call Index = 2), American Bullfrog (CI = 1), and Rio Grande Leopard Frog (CI = 1). One of the newcomers that night was able to get both photos and a recording of two different Rio Grande Leopard Frogs - thanks, Mike !!
We saw a Yellow-crowned Night Heron and bats flying over the ponds before sunset.
The ponds had been dredged for algae and aquatic vegetation nine days earlier.
The monitoring period was 20:00 - 21:00.
Participants were Kathy, Mike & Amy, Carolyn, Nikki, Mike & Carol (welcome !), and Tonja.
Environmental Conditions at the main pond at sunset:
Observed during monthly amphibian monitoring.
Observed during monthly amphibian monitoring.
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Kathy, Carol and I enjoyed ourselves very much at the watch, thanks!
I am still tinkering with removing the video from the recording. I have had some success, but still looking for the best simplicity. I do believe I can get there. I was able to convert to an Mp4, however it seems iNat prefers Mp3, wav, or another format?
Here is the link for the first Rio Grande Leopard frog observed. Notice what appears to be a single egg in both images;
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7656553
The second observation of the much larger Rio Grand Leopard frog. The video recording came from this pond and may well be this individual? I will add the sound recording when possible;
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7656577
Thanks! Enjoy!
Here is the converted sound recording observation;
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7673887
Mike
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