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Photo from a hike around Sloan's Pond in Mammoth Cave National Park.
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I have certainly heard these around the Lake before, but I have never seen one, issuing its 'advertisement' call, sitting out in the early morning sun. The sounds started just after 8, and I walked down through shrubs to the edge of the water and found this large male. They are in the middle of their breeding season, and in my opinion more numerous than in past years (which might have something to do with reduced heron and Egret numbers, possibly because the water is much deeper than in past years). It takes a tadpole three years to become a Bullfrog, and another three years to become sexually mature. I really like this image, in part because of the ripples in the water from the Bullfrog's call.
If you're going to come along with me to see Mt. Diablo, then your have to see some very special bullfrogs (below) and some very large North American Bullfrogs, Rana catesbeiana, which used to be invasive?
To explain. At Bullfrog Pond, there were basically these one to two pound ! Bullfrogs as well as the Blue and Green below. When the water level dropped to its 2018 level, Great Blue Herons came in and decimated the Great Bullfrog, and they decimated them in less than a week.
But the Blue and Greens were still evidenced at one other pond. However the drought took it's toll on the tiny California Red-legged Toad.
I'll get back to you on the amphibian populations after we've had a decent rain, something that we've not had in 23 years.
Bullfrog Pond, with all its croaking and other mating squeals and noises, was just a magnet for me. California Ground Squirrels nested among the roots of the trees, and were prey to rattlesnakes and herons, but their populations remained.
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Image taken on: 6-18-2017
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Wildwood Park Harrisburg Pa.
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American bullfrog at Wildwood Lake in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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Image taken: 06-18-2017
Camera: Nikon D810
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American Bullfrog (lithobates catesbeianus). Wildwood Lake in the canal. Wildwood Park, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
This Bullfrog was so black that from far away I thought it was a turtle. Quite out of the ordinary colour. It was the first time I've seen one like this.
This bullfrog had a mosquito squarely ensconced on its eardrum (tympanum). The photographer was also hosting a few mosquitoes at the same time. Photographed in the Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge in western Wisconsin.
• Lithobates catesbeianus (#2)
Common in ponds, marshes, and slow-moving rivers. Bullfrogs appear light green during the warmer months for added camouflage.
A female American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus, Ranidae) taking it easy on an American lotus pad (Nelumbo lutea, Nelumbonaceae) in a wetland pond of Lake Butte des Morts at Terrell's Island Preserve in Winnebago County, Wisconsin.
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Bullfrog watching me as I sit beside his pond. I'm watching two ospreys perched in the trees nearby, waiting for them to resume hunting over the pond. The sun is just above the horizon, as seen in the frog's eye.
I would estimate this super-sized frog to weight around 1.5 lbs. I saw him leap shortly after the shot, and the jump's length was between 8 and 10 feet.
This guy was basking in the last amber rays of the day and I had to capture the scene. I must have taken 20-30 exposures not only to bracket but because I wanted to catch the light pinnacle.
Bullfrog taken back in April this year and were easy to find, enjoying the sunshine, now they're in hiding!!
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Sitting on submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) at Back Bay Wildlife Refuge.
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almost eye level with this bullfrog in his pond...found a great spot and spent about an hour watching and listening to them. Alarmingly they are filling up a precious pond, killing ducklings and local frogs and anything else that comes across their path. Still, my camera will migrate to what interests my eye.