Sorry about the previous blank reply...
Thanks for the kind words.
Martyn's suggestion of striped marsh frog made me have another
careful listen to some online recordings. It seems like we were too
far north of the known range for striped marsh frog. I now think the
other main species is the Eastern Sign-bearing Froglet (Crinia
parinsignifera)
http://frogs.org.au/frogs/species/Crinia/parinsignifera/
I'm pretty sure the kuk-kuk-kuk call is Spotted Marsh Frog
(Limnodynastes tasmaniensis)
http://frogs.org.au/frogs/species/Limnodynastes/tasmaniensis/
Whroo is in the Murray Goulburn region, and the Goldfields region is
to the West, and the follow pages give regional frog guides...
http://frogs.org.au/frogs/ofVic/Goulburn_and_Murray
http://frogs.org.au/frogs/ofVic/The_Goldfields
Unfortunately I had to contend with a trio of teenaged trail bike
riders who thought (illegally) hooning about until 10pm was cool. The
recording was done in a brief lull in the racket just after dark.
It's a bit disappointing in that on my last trip recording to the
area was comparatively peaceful and still. As luck would have it the
sump of my car was holed by rock on a back trail before I was able to
get any recording done and that outing had to be abandoned.
cheers
Paul
On 14/02/2008, at 2:42 AM, Suzanne Williams wrote:
> I enjoyed that recording. What fun frogs!
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> --- In Paul Jacobson <> wrote:
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>> Hi All,
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>> Finally got out recording on the weekend for the first time since
>> start of December. Conditions were less than ideal, but managed to
>> get a short recording of spotted marsh frogs - making the clacking
>> kuk-kuk-kuk calls. I'm not great with frog calls so any help with
> id
>> of the other species would be welcome.
>>
>> Rig was the Curt Clone fitted with AT3032's, with mics moved
> forward
>> on the baffles as per Rob's suggestion. The fronts of the mics are
>> currently about 1.25" from the edge. The recording was done just
>> after dark - 8.45pm and the conditions were quite windy so there
> is
>> quite a bit of leaf noise. Location was Whroo historic reserve in
>> central Victoria (7km sth of Rushworth), at a dam once used for
> gold
>> processing.
>>
>> http://www.urbanbirder.com.au/files/tmp/audio/whroo_frogs.mp3
>>
>> cheers
>> Paul
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