At 02:36 PM 2/18/2005, Walter wrote:
>What will it mean in about 8 weeks when I'll be coming through your
>town? Mid to late April. Hopefully not back to seedheads and dust. I'll
>have my shiny new Maxxum 7D, which I got to replace my venerable RD-175
>digital. A new camera always renews your thirst for photography and this
>is no exception. I'm, of course, well equipped for macro work. Also long
>tele.
Late April will be spectacular, Walter. In fact I'll be conducting a few
trips through "my" marsh, Tavasci Marsh for the
<http://www.birdyverde.org/>Verde Valley Birding
and<http://www.birdyverde.org/> nature Festival on April 23rd and 24th.
Your macro will get a good workout! If you're planning on an overnighter in=
the Verde Valley, let me know, we have space.
>Got any good suggestions for the frogs from that area? Same time. I'm
>going to be going across New Mexico and Arizona about Mid up the states,
>entering California at Needles. Then swinging N via secondary stuff to
>Death Valley and onward. I'm particularly interested in recording
>different frogs, but don't limit myself to that.
Frogs are scarce as, well, frog's hair, here in the Verde Valley -
Bullfrogs have made fine lunches of most of the other frogs. Lots of
Wodehouse's Toads, though. In the Chiricahua Mountains, to the SE, there is=
the
<http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/swcbd/species/lfrog/index.HTML>Chiricah=
ua<http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/swcbd/species/lfrog/index.HTML>
Leopard Frog, which is very rare, and there are a few tree frogs here and
there, but nothing like your stomping grounds, for sure.
Jim Morgan may know more about frogs in the Prescott area, right Jim?
Doug
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Clarkdale, Central Arizona, USA
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