TAW Devine Lake October 2017

A nice evening and a beautiful sunset at the lake. There were 8 folks including myself that came out to listen to frogs. Thanks for coming: Meghan, Ginger, Violet, Amy, Mike, Carolyn and Christie. It was quiet but we did get 3 species in hand and heard the Rio Grande Leopard Frogs calling intermittently, but so infrequent no one was able to get a recording. Nothing else was calling. We saw 2 small Blanchard Cricket Frogs by the lake, one got away, but we got pics of one, thanks for the catch Violet. Since the lake was not producing anything we moved up to the parking lot and found 2 Gulf Coast Toads near the restroom. One smaller one went back into its hole under the slab, but a larger one made it into Violet's hand. She was persistent! We moved to the creek near the crossing at the front entrance and netted a young American Bullfrog. Violet got her net on it but it proved a little too big and got away, but Mike came to the rescue with his net, only to lose it temporarily. After hunting for it, we thought it was lost. About 15 minutes later Mike realized it was still in his net!! So we got pictures of 3 species. Not a bad night moving into fall.

Publicado el octubre 10, 2017 02:26 MAÑANA por bethd bethd

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Rana Grillo del Noreste (Acris blanchardi)

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bethd

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Octubre 7, 2017 a las 07:36 TARDE CDT

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Amphibian watch. Not calling.

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Sapo Nebuloso (Incilius nebulifer)

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bethd

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Octubre 7, 2017 a las 07:59 TARDE CDT

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Amphibian watch. Saw 2. Not calling.

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Rana Toro (Lithobates catesbeianus)

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bethd

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Octubre 7, 2017 a las 08:14 TARDE CDT

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Amphibian watch. Not calling.

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October 7 gave witness to a regular Amphibian Watch at Devine Lake Park (thanks Beth D!), our milestone for observations over 1000, and MPF's first frog catch. It was more of an "assist" after a frog got away from our youngest herp-lover, but we are counting it.

Plants: American Water Willow, Mexican Primrose-willow, Marsh fleabane, Rough Cocklebur, Bald Cypress, Poverty Weed, Prairie Broomweed, Maximilian Sunflower, and Sumpweed. The sumpweed was new to us.

Arachnid: Striped Bark Scorpion - good sized and glowing under the ultraviolet light. We skipped the thousands of spiders who stared at us, eyes glowing green in our flashlights.

Amphibians: Gulf Coast Toads (2), American Bullfrog, and Blanchard's Cricket Frog (I got no photo, but saw it - Beth got a photo).

Reptile: The "can be counted on to show up" Mediterranean House Gecko.

Birds: a Great Egret across the lake and an unphotographed Red-tailed Hawk in the construction on our drive.

Fungi: BEAUTIFUL BIG "toadstools" identified as Boletes by someone who knows more about them than me.

Herps at: 8305459 (Mediterranean House Gecko), 8305437 (Gulf Coast Toad), 8305397 (American Bullfrog).

Amy Flinn (alflinn329)

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