DAN DUGAN
> > Do they sing this time of year? If so I can record tonight or the
> > 12th, it's right around the corner from me.
>WALTER KNAPP
>I would expect they would not be making breeding calls. But Pacific
>Treefrogs do call from time to time from the trees. Which, btw, is most
>of where those volunteers have to look outside of breeding season. This
>is not a sit in the pond frog. At least they do these calls during the
>day, breeding calls are pretty much nighttime. I'd not expect to find
>them in the water.
You call them Pacific Treefrogs--the appeal called them Pacific
Chorus Frogs. A web search indicates the same animal answers to both
names in English and both pseudacris regilla and hyla regilla in
Latin. Right?
This location is right by a busy traffic bridge. The rainy season has
just started here a week ago. Should I expect to hear them calling in
the daytime? Would they -not- be calling at night? Should I go out
both day and night to make a last-minute survey recording?
>I don't envy them, as well as having to comb not just the ground, but
>the trees, these are a tiny chorus frog that hides easily. Not really a
>true treefrog. To give a example, last time I visited my folks there was
>one that would call from time to time in a climbing vine on their front
>porch. I spent the entire time I was there, a couple weeks, trying to
>find him with no luck. And I know how to find frogs. Even standing right
>there when he called did not help much.
>
>Another time in the Cascades I was on a creek/swamp with them making
>their location calls. In four hours I found one. Though it would have
>been fairly easy to record them. There were several dozen calling here
>and there. From near ground level to more than 50' up the trees.
>
>Hopefully there will be someone there who knows their calls. Most
>recordings you find are of the breeding calls, which are different. This
>will sound more squirrel like.
>
>I better not hear anyone say there were none there because the
>volunteers don't catch any. Such a search does nothing to determine
>population.
Thanks a lot for the information, Walt. If it makes any sense, I'll
try to make a recording before the hunt starts tomorrow. Any advice
appreciated ASAP.
>Walt
>
-Dan Dugan
copy to Aaron Ximm
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