Several light showers passed through the area yesterday,
giving Blue Jay Barrens a total of half an inch of rain. Not a drought buster, but enough to wash the
dust from the leaves and cause the plants to perk up. There wasn’t enough runoff to fill the Water Garden
The rain was enough to coax freshly transformed froglets
from the pools. At this time of year,
it’s Gray Treefrogs that are found emerging from pools, tubs and buckets around
the homestead.
This guy left the pool and headed right up the brick wall of
the house. It didn’t make much sense to
start a terrestrial existence because of a rainfall and then head for the
driest place around.
All of the little frog parts are present, but there’s still
a bit of tail hanging on.
This Bullfrog is a major hazard to all small frogs. Bullfrogs will eat anything they can push
into their mouths. Their taking up
residence in a small pool means the eventual elimination of all other frog
species. Many Bullfrogs have lost their
homes because of the drought and are migrating to more permanent bodies of
water. It’s amazing how many have found
their way to my Water
Garden
They've all made their way to your water garden so they can be stars on your blog. ;)
ReplyDeleteHappy Sunday from Port Canaveral,
Lois
Hi Lois. It makes me feel like an agent. Only the most talented make it to stardom.
ReplyDeleteReally cool! I would be interested in hearing about how you set up the water garden.
ReplyDeleteHi Jay. You can use this link http://bluejaybarrens.blogspot.com/2009/06/water-garden.html to read the history of the water garden or click on Water Garden in the labels list in the right sidebar to read all of my water garden posts, including information on some of the water garden herp visitors.
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