Frogs

[Poida]

I sometimes have frogs in my yard, and tonight over dinner I was discussing with my other 1/2 how we can get frogs.

Frogs as far I know come from tadpoles that are released in creeks, the nearest one being about 1 to 2 kilometres away.

To get to our place a frog would have to jump over car infested roads, leap 1.8 metre fences or burrow a bloody long way.

Unless frogs can breed in the underground water system.

Any of you knowledgable people out there tell me how I get frogs in my yard?

 

[bdurrett]

I sometimes have frogs in my yard, and tonight over dinner I was discussing with my other 1/2 how we can get frogs.

Frogs as far I know come from tadpoles that are released in creeks, the nearest one being about 1 to 2 kilometres away.

To get to our place a frog would have to jump over car infested roads, leap 1.8 metre fences or burrow a bloody long way.

Unless frogs can breed in the underground water system.

Any of you knowledgable people out there tell me how I get frogs in my yard?

They could also be coming from stock tnks, lakes, big puddles, anywhere there is water that is not moving a lot.

Heck, in Germany they build fences and tunnels for the little buggers to hop through in order to keep them from becoming road pizza. Otherwise, in the migration season, it is roadkill city :yack

A couple of clicks is NOT a long way to hop to see your better half.....

The other thing is that, unless the fence is truly solid, they don't have to go over it, they have to go THROUGH it.

 

[BennyB]

Whenever it rained back home (eastern coast of Aust) frogs would come out of the ground and go nuts. I remember driving through some rain one night and the road came alive with the little buggars. I think some species hybernate and come out when the going is good, ie. raining.

Cheers,
Ben

 

[greendiver]

Whenever it rained back home (eastern coast of Aust) frogs would come out of the ground and go nuts. I remember driving through soe rain one night and the road came alive with the little buggars. I think some species hybernate and come out when the going is good, ie. raining.

Cheers,
Ben

Yaeh, that is what I thought!!! they hybernate.
When I read the title of your threat, thought you were spearing em.. :duh , maybe if you would be french....

 

[Oldsarge]

Yaeh, that is what I thought!!! they hybernate.
When I read the title of your threat, thought you were spearing em.. :duh , maybe if you would be french....

Nah, boy, y'all could be Southern and enjoy proggin'. Frawgs is good eats!

 

[DeepThought]

Puddles and damp ground under rocks is enough for the frog populations I used to play with as a child, don't think all species need to migrate from a large water source.

Maybe it is time you starve your cat for a while?

 

[land shark]

They heard you were having somthing good for dinner and got the birds to drop them off
If You look up and watch the water fowl you'll see they are down right clumbsy.
They drop all kinds of slimy little creatures when they are on their way to feed the nestlings.

jim

 

[bdurrett]

They heard you were having somthing good for dinner and got the birds to drop them off
If You look up and watch the water fowl you'll see they are down right clumsy.
They drop all kinds of slimy little creatures when they are on their way to feed the nestlings.

jim

Perfect intro for a "Sea Story"

I was assigned to the USS IOWA (BB-61) for 3 years as a Radar and IFF technician. One of our jobs was to go up on the mast and change the gear oil in the Radar antenna every 6 months. One of those times, we went up the ladder and, the closer we got to the top, the more it stunk and we are NOT talkin' "oduer de Diesel Fuel" here but more like oder of something rotting.....

We popped open the trap door on the radar platform and, lo and behold, what do we find but a half-eaten fish about 12" long and a dead seagull that looked a little ... well.... puffy for a lack of better words.....

Nearest we could figure is that the gull decided he/she/it was going to sit on the radar pedestal and eat. There is a "center point" around which the whole thing rotates that is about 18" in diameter, flat and sits between the feed and the reflector so it is rather well protected from 2 sides so Sammy/Sally Sea gull would only have to watch their back and front and not the sides....

However, this particular radar system happens to have an output at the feed of about 400,000 watts of power (your microwave has about 1,000) and we were doing power output tests before we shut it all down to change the oil. We think we just nuked the bugger......

We had found dead fish up there before but never the bird that got them up there......

 

[BennyB]

We had found dead fish up there before but never the bird that got them up there......

Here's a theory (kind of Far Side 'ish)... maybe the gulls actually like their fish cooked but never had the means....until now :duh

 

[land shark]

Ya know Fonduset and Rig were just on the other thread talkin about diving with a Toaster!
you dont suppose...........?? mmm

jim

 

[Rockbrother]

I remember driving through some rain one night and the road came alive with the little buggars.

Thats when you say it's rain frogs!

 

[mustangmermaid]

I have 2 in my pool area. I was doing some deep end cleaning and saw one swimming down and around me. it was in deed very cute. Like something out of a book. I told my husband the next time they are in there with me, we'll have to snap a few pics of it. I wonder how they were able to stand the chlorine though. The water looks great and no alge so i'm curious how they have built a tolerance. Oh well...hopefully they'll do it again and we'll get a photo or two for ya...They are not super large and are not tiny so i'm guessing they are not big enough to eat...