Bullfrog vs green frog

Oh my! I would be toooo proud to hold the mascot!
LOL
I dont see him there tonight, but i am going to throw some bread out
where he usually hangs out and the next time i see him, i will know if
it worked. I'll kepp you posted and thanks!



On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 14:31:22 -0700, ~ jan JJsPond.us
wrote:

Jammer, this is very interesting and your bullfrog may become the RP
mascot, so let us know how he does and what works for you. ~ jan

On 14 Jul 2004 01:50:01 GMT, EROSPAM (Ka30P) wrote:

Jammer wrote
What if i put a piece of bread or several, where the
frog hangs out? Think he'd have a better chance of finding food?

You can always try, he might catch a mouse.
You could also dig up a worm and give it to him.
Frogs need to see their dinner move to catch it so a nice wiggly
worm might be
welcome.



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On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 04:55:43 -0500, jammer wrote:

I finally got a pretty good look at the big frog tonight. I couldn't
see it's feet, but it is about 5 inches long without it's feet. After
looking at it and then looking at pictures, the only way to tell was
it's size. It has to be a (young?) bullfrog. It is brown on the
back,
green on the head, white on it's chest and yellow around it's mouth.
Quite a good specimen. So far it hasn't eaten my 3 fish. It looks
rather thin.


Bullfrog update: He is maturing and has fattened up.

Great news! good to hear he's doing well. Although I wouldn't say that if he
were here ... bullfrogs here have over-run much of the native ponds / water
and have added to the serious reduction of local frogs, toads and turtles.
We did have two bullfrogs for a couple years, but they finally died without
replacing themselves.
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"jammer" wrote:

Bullfrog update: He is maturing and has fattened up.

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 00:20:57 -0500, jammer wrote:

===On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 04:55:43 -0500, jammer wrote:
===
===I finally got a pretty good look at the big frog tonight. I couldn't
===see it's feet, but it is about 5 inches long without it's feet. After
===looking at it and then looking at pictures, the only way to tell was
===it's size. It has to be a (young?) bullfrog. It is brown on the
===back,
===green on the head, white on it's chest and yellow around it's mouth.
===Quite a good specimen. So far it hasn't eaten my 3 fish. It looks
===rather thin.
===
===
===Bullfrog update: He is maturing and has fattened up.

We have had a huge bull frog in our pond for a few years now, and a
few nights ago I happened to spot him inside the gazeebo.......I
played the flashlight beam onto him, and he just froze where he was
at, and I was able to round him up. He was quite a handfull. About the
size of a large grey squirrel or half grown rabbit. Anyways we looked
him over a bit and then put him back down and left him go his own way.
LAst night the wife spotted him in the barn setting there catching
bugs under the chicks brooder. When you walk around the pond at night
and he is there and jumps in it sounds like someone threw a brickl in
the water, he makes such a large splash.......
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I was surprised to learn recently that although bullfrogs are native here in
Florida, they are not indigenous to the western states, but have been
introduced there and are now regarded as a pest species because of their
depredations on smaller native frogs. I've heard that a bullfrog will eat
anything he can get into his large mouth, and my own experience tells me
that this is true. This spring a large male decided to be a big frog in a
small pond (mine!): he's done away with three of my goldfish as well as any
number of his own children: I actually watched him grab one right off a
lily pad! He isn't at all shy, but lets me get quite close to him. He used
to serenade us day and night, but I haven't heard him for about a week, and
thought he had either moved away or been taken away by a big bird. (I
watched one afternoon while an osprey swooped down and grabbed one of his
brothers.) He's still here though--I saw him yesterday. Maybe the bullfrog
mating season is over for the year.

The wonderful thing about a pond is that something interesting is always
happening there.

Harriett

"Harriett Wright" wrote:

I've heard that a bullfrog will eat
anything he can get into his large mouth, and my own experience tells me
that this is true ... He isn't at all shy, but lets me get quite close
to him.

Watch out!

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