Considering Thursday was forecast to reach 27°C, I planned to head out and do some frogging (no surprises there). I was planning to go to a new site with different types of frogs however my fellow uni students (buddies of mine who also like frogs) were busy so unfortunately couldn’t come with me, so I headed back to Frog Hollow (I tried for another site in West Woombye but that’s another story). So this time I was after some good close up shots of frogs using the 55-200mm DSLR camera lens. On arrival I was greeted to the calls of the usual frogs I’ve seen/heard there – Litoria peronii (Emerald-spotted treefrog), L. tylerii (Laughing treefrog), L. fallax (Eastern Sedgefrog), Limnodynastes peronii (Striped marshfrog) and Adelotus brevis (Tusked frog). Below are some of the photographs I took. And no, this time there were no mysterious ‘plonk’ sounds or ticks I’ve found, nor has there been any of that wet stuff out of the sky since that brief shower last Friday. Things are getting drier and drier!
I did take some video of frogs calling as well, which I’ll upload to the FroggingAround YouTube Channel within the next few days hopefully (I’ve limited internet uploads right now). Once available, you may like to subscribe while you’re at it!
On my way home my headlights picked up a frog hopping across the dirt road in front of me, so of course I had to stop 😀 . It was a Limnodynastes peronii (Striped marshfrog) so I got a few snaps (not as though this species was uncommon or anything). I suddenly had to look unsuspicious as a car was approaching from in front of me before it turned off the dirt road. It waited at the property gate a while, probably looking back at what I was doing. Similarly, while I was mowing at my Grandparent’s place yesterday, I was also ‘interrupted’ by a frog, Litoria fallax (Eastern Sedgefrog). What? – I can’t help it!
