I haven't been following the dialog on this one, but if you'll be
anywhere near the Sierras there's a great place to record the Western
spadefoot toad (spea intermontanus) to the north of Mono Lake (just
east of Yosemite). You gotta get there late March early April,
though...the best times...and probably good this year because of the
snowpack. Also, the Pacific tree frogs are out in abundance already
and will be (depending on precip) for another couple of months
especially between our valley (Sonoma) and the coast. Dawn choruses
are beginning to occur (we're 40 miles [64km] inland from the Pacific
east of the coastal range) and have found some lovely spots,
recently, that are relatively noise-free particularly early and late
in the day. Anyone's invited.
Bernie Krause
>If you get as far north as Dawson Creek BC, I'm sure we can still find some
>boreal chorus frogs to record. The wood frogs will have long since quit, and
>our local toads (Bufo boreas) don't seem to call at all (though they do in
>some areas)....and that's all there is around here!
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>Mark Phinney
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>on 1/31/05 12:10 PM, Walter Knapp at wrote:
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>> I expect to have a campout of my own.
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>> I'll be out on a long foray out west from late April thru to probably
>> early June.
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>> Anyone have any nice frog spots for that period I should look into? I'll
>> be using the southern route out then up the coast at least as far as the
>> Seattle area to visit my folks. Maybe up onto Vancouver Island. Coming
>> back will be more northerly. I'm only in the early planning stages now.
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>> Walt
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>> "Microphones are not ears,
>> Loudspeakers are not birds,
>> A listening room is not nature."
>> Klas Strandberg
>> Yahoo! Groups Links
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
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