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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2013 18:35:54 GMT -5
I started this thread in response to jamesp's thread about his backyard population of green treefrogs. If someone wants to see more frogs in their backyard it is really quite simple. Open a small water garden. Make sure it has both underwater and emergent plants in it. Then during the local wet season go collect eggs or tadpoles for the local treefrog. Put eggs/tadpoles into your pond. I recommend 10-25 tadpoles per gallon of water garden. Never less than 50 tadpoles. Then keep the garden going. In 12 months time the tadpoles will now be breeding sized adults calling in the pond for their girlfriends. I did this in 1999 and the population kept going until the authorities sprayed malathion in the area killing it. I never reset the pond and frogs up. Might just do that this year. It is really worthwhile. The frogs hunt all year round here and eat nocturnal insects. On humid nights we'd see them as far as three houses away. A friend did this. His neighborhood had a fairly dense set of ponds. The frogs spread rapidly even crossing streets to colonize new ponds! That is in California where frogs have a rough go of it. Do that in Florida and you have 10 species to choose from! Here is what we have in California for local treefrogs:
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Post by jamesp on Aug 17, 2013 18:55:25 GMT -5
Ya can't buy sounds like real frogs make.
In a subdivision neighbors take note as the sound travels.
Other visitors like dragon flies and finches show up.
And more tadpoles, that eat mosquito larvae.
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Post by helens on Aug 17, 2013 20:24:57 GMT -5
Ok... where do you FIND treefrogs in Florida? I've never seen treefrogs around here...
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Post by Pat on Aug 17, 2013 21:30:05 GMT -5
He's pretty cute! We get a frog/toad now and then. Much bigger, but would fit in your hand. We get salamanders more often.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 17, 2013 23:46:21 GMT -5
Ya can't buy sounds like real frogs make. I've got a (mono) tape recording of a chorus of frogs I recorded years ago down at Otay Lakes in south San Diego county. The frogs were so loud, you could barely hear yourself think! I'll try to get it into my computer and post it early next week. IT'S AWESOME!!! There's nothing quite like the sounds of frogs. As I said before, I miss listening to them
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Post by Pat on Aug 18, 2013 0:06:26 GMT -5
Agree with Jean about hearing them. This time of year, we get the crickets after dark. Music!
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Post by Rockoonz on Aug 18, 2013 19:41:43 GMT -5
I don't need to start a colony, it came with the house. Our property borders on a major creek drainage area, so we have plenty of Pacific Chorus frogs throughout our yard. They are color changers, we even have a gray one that lives in the rubbermaid shed Elizabeth keeps gardening supplies in. They sound about 10 times larger than they are.
Lee
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2013 22:16:28 GMT -5
same frog I have Lee!!
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Post by robsrockshop on Aug 18, 2013 22:43:21 GMT -5
Cool. We get the tree frogs here. They like to come inside and hang out in the toilet,sink etc. I also get them in my outdoor hot tub. I am not sure if the dead ones are dying because of the chemicals or because they get smashed when I open the top? They are friendly things ill admit that.
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