Love is in the pond.

[Damian Bee]

Yesterday morning I went for a stroll on my freshly cut lawn with my cuppa and meandered on down to the pond.
Since the weather has warmed up the resident frogs have been putting on quite a show (especially at night) and it has me wondering wether the neighbours may put in a noise complaint about problem animals on my property How would the ranger solve this one
Anyway, to my surprise, the elusive little amphibians have been busy foaming up the local pond
They started out themselves as eggs which I relocated about 2 years back. Things must be alright in the backyard as they are still there and now self perpetuating
I am looking forward to summer when the crickets and catylids are out, it's gonna sound great, (providing the percussion section don't eat the wind section:palm: )

[Meagi]

Yes spring has finally sprung here in Melbourne
My maples have all bud up and most are in leaf
The elms have really started to swell and most buds are starting to turn green,
Which means my first repotting was a success .
Most of what I have collected early and first if July is starting to shoot like mad so another success there
So I am quite please ....I just hope we don't get a cold snap
Cheers

[alpineart]

Hi Meagi , the Elms we gather are leafing out , even the branches i cut off are shooting after Bear chewed the living daylights out of them .

A real cold snap would put a damper on things here as most have got their first flush of leaves .

Cheers Alpine

[Hackimoto]

Crickets and katydids would be in the string section actually. LOL Just sayin!

[mq1742]

A few years ago I had a neighbour who complained about everything, noise particularly & yes she even filed a complaint about the frogs. The ranger's response was to order the pond filled in!

[Damian Bee]

So much for the Eco friendly line they want us to push.
What a load of steaming
If I am given that one I will fill it in for sure, with water

[Andrew F]

Yep, a load of sh*t. Considering how threatened frogs are, you'd think theyd encourage you to harbour them.

Keep us updated with your tadpoles.

[shibui]

Do you know what species you have living there Damian?

[Josh]

Years ago I wanted to put a pond/small lake in and went to the council for info/permits. If it was used for stock it could be as big as I wanted (up to something like 5 acres surface area) with no permit and no fence. If I swam in it, then it had to have a fence. I could put the pond/lake in with no fence but had to fence a swimming pool. I asked if I watered my chocks from it would that justify for stock use-yes it did, but if I swam in it then it needed a fence. There is no logic in the rules. Mind you there was a large dam about 200 mtrs from our back door.
Find out what the frogs are and hope they are endangered then tell everyone to
I loved it when we travelled out in the middle of nowhere by a pool listening to the frogs.
Josh

[Damian Bee]

Yep, a load of sh*t. Considering how threatened frogs are, you'd think theyd encourage you to harbour them.

Keep us updated with your tadpoles.

Well, that was/is the whole drive behind the push by government at all levels to encourage habitat in suburban environs.
Anyway

The frogs are Spotted Grass Frog
Limnodynastes tasmaniensis.
No wonder the roach numbers have been down.

I just noticed a second clutch of eggs today. With anywhere upwards of 100 eggs per clutch it looks like that particular species just got a major leg up (pardon the pun)

[Damian Bee]

Years ago I wanted to put a pond/small lake in and went to the council for info/permits. If it was used for stock it could be as big as I wanted (up to something like 5 acres surface area) with no permit and no fence. If I swam in it, then it had to have a fence. I could put the pond/lake in with no fence but had to fence a swimming pool. I asked if I watered my chocks from it would that justify for stock use-yes it did, but if I swam in it then it needed a fence. There is no logic in the rules. Mind you there was a large dam about 200 mtrs from our back door.
Find out what the frogs are and hope they are endangered then tell everyone to
I loved it when we travelled out in the middle of nowhere by a pool listening to the frogs.
Josh

The noise is one of many reasons they are in my garden. Not to peeve anyone but to wash out a bit of city noise and add to the audio aesthetic. There are many other benefits too but I would be going on and on and on.......