| Hi everyone,
I just wanted to concur that the frogs calling at Mt Majura are Common froglets (Crinia signifera), though I have heard Whistling treefrogs calling on some of our warmer days just recently (though not at Mt Majura).
More importantly, I want to demand that all you froggy aficionados sign up for the annual Frogwatch Census in October! If you want to know more about it, come and talk to me as I make my debut on the book table at the COG meeting on Wednesday night.
Cheers!
Beth (a.k.a. ACT Frogwatch Coordinator) ~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Mantle H: 02 6287 7860
M: 0407 174 427
E: On 09/05/2008, at 9:19 AM, Steve Holliday wrote: Spotted Marsh Frogs are very likely to be present as they are in every dam
around Mt Ainslie (when there's water in them, that is). Their call is a
rapid 3 or 4 note rattle, likened to a short burst of machine gun fire in
some books (!). Haven't heard any at the Majura site myself but as most
frogs call only intermittently, if at all, during the day, it would be easy
to miss. Also, there is usually much less calling in winter, and during dry
periods. Our house backs on to Mt Ainslie NR, there is a storm water
gully/trap just out the back which fills and can hold water for months after
heavy rain, over the years we have recorded 7 species of frogs, 5 of them
regularly. No surprise if all 7 were present on Majura as well.
Cheers
Steve
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Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Re: RFI swift parrots [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
I don't want to start an argument, particularly when I hardly know one frog
call from another, but have you considered Limnodynastes tasmaniensis
(Spotted marsh frog)? Of course there may be several different species of
frog in that drain where the Swift Parrots are, but last Saturday I was
there with someone (a former ACT ranger) who remarked that that was the frog
species we could hear.
Just thought I'd throw that in....sorry ;)
Regards
Frank Antram
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