Monday 10 December 2007

Aha!!

I did some research tonight (thanks, Google!) and found out that the noisy creatures in our backyard are......

RED EYED TREE FROGS!!! (otherwise known as Litoria chloris).

There are more than 50,000 in the country, so I'm afraid UD's suggestion that they are a rare species only found in my backyard is sadly off mark.

Apparently the males call out from the ground after Spring and Summer rain,which is certainly what's going on here.

Adam discovered some tadpoles in a puddle under the deck today, so we might have a whole tribe of them if the rain keeps up. Hmmm, not sure I like that idea!

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