Chris, These are one of my favorite little creatures. I love finding them on the sidewalk out front or behind Espressions. They let you scratch their backs and they eat tons of bugs and worms and other little stuff.
The shot is very nice also.
Chris:
Our lake association is trying to set up a frog survey to identify and track the frog/toad population from year to year around our lake. Do you know of anyone who is familiar with this type of project who could give us some ideas about how to go about this?
Larry — A good technique is a frog song survey on rainy nights April-July. No capturing necessary, though tracking them down and photoraphing can be an enjoyable challenge. Many frog species will not breed in ponds with fish in them, unless there are heavily vegetated, nearly flat areas where they can avoid predation by fish.
The Prairie Ecologist 
Chris – I think you have an unhealthy fondness for toads. ;) Nice image.
Chris, These are one of my favorite little creatures. I love finding them on the sidewalk out front or behind Espressions. They let you scratch their backs and they eat tons of bugs and worms and other little stuff.
The shot is very nice also.
I love those toads! This one doesn’t look very happy with you.
Chris:
Our lake association is trying to set up a frog survey to identify and track the frog/toad population from year to year around our lake. Do you know of anyone who is familiar with this type of project who could give us some ideas about how to go about this?
Larry – let me track down some info and I’ll get back to you.
Larry – I’ll be sending you an email with a good contact person for this.
Now isn’t he a handsome fella!!!
I sure think so!
Larry — A good technique is a frog song survey on rainy nights April-July. No capturing necessary, though tracking them down and photoraphing can be an enjoyable challenge. Many frog species will not breed in ponds with fish in them, unless there are heavily vegetated, nearly flat areas where they can avoid predation by fish.