Kent Ridge Park
Date: 23rd February, 2009
Time: 2004 to 2104
Weather: Rained for about 2 hours in the afternoon, wet, and fairly windy, cloudy
Sam, Enoka, Daniel and Alicia
Stuff from Sam,
Use waterproof paper
Use the flash light, cos i was sillily using the beam lights for a whole 20 minutes, i think.
Get some one to help with the data recording
Stuff from Enoka
Take pictures, because they will come in handy in later, plus i wont have to come back to the site just to get photos taken
Stuff worth noting that night
It was the first time i went out without Dr, Bickford, i can remember the site, but i was almost clueless how to get there. I almost made history by getting lost, looking for my survey site. Phew, good thing we trusted Sam's instincts and directions (like Dr. Bickford told us, if we were clueless).
We saw a fair number of Polypedates leucomystax (common tree frogs), 9 of them in total, one of them, might have been a female, cos it was kinda huge, about 60mm. A Kaloula pulchra (banded bullfrog) and a few Bufo melanostictus (Asian toads).
And at the stream, i spotted 2 tadpoles, which went beneath the leaf litter, 3 seconds after i spotted it,
Plus, it was quite a choir, that night. The Poles choir.
And on the way back to Dr. Bickfords place, by the pond, we saw a Bufo melanostictus. He was a little poor creature which was most likely blind on his right eye. We were staring at that little friend, when we realised his right eye was a little queer looking. It looked as if it was a human eye, like eyes we would draw of cartoons, instead of that of a toad's.
I somewhat felt sad for it, therefore entitling this blog, "what's your story?"
'Cos i wish i could ask Jacob (the name i gave that toad)
"what is your story?"
alicia
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Frog calls, leave a message after the beep; croak
Kent Ridge Park, Vigilante Drive Nature Trail
Time: 2002 to 2115
Weather: X rain, windy, cloudy, dry
Date: 19th February, 2009
Dr Bickford and Alicia
The question of the night was
"Where are all the females?"
It was a fairly dry night. It hasnt been raining for the pass few days, As far as i can remember, the last time it rained was Monday.
Dr Bickford and I went on the Vigilante Drive Nature trail, we walked along the concrete pathway, occasionally straying away to the unbeaten tracks,
The night was almost silent, from any frog calls,
When we passed the first stream, which was almost dry,
Dr Bickford heard a solo Polypedates leucomystax,.
It went on for about 4 more times, in intervals of about 1 minute each.
We decided to move on,
The crime scene that night was the second stream we came across, we heard more Polypedates leucomystax this time. They were calling, in turns.
We saw a total of 6 that night. It was initially a little tough to spot them, but became so fun, i wanted to ask the last frog i saw where were the rest.
I will reach enlightenment if i can "Think like a frog"
After this second frogging, i think i have a better, though still rough and blurry idea of the how the project should and might be like.
Interesting stuff worth noting for the night,
1. There were so many spiders, and their eyeshines were literally making the whole forest glow, i was wondering whether i had missed any lucky frogs which i might have thought was just another spider.
2. I should try to remain composed when i search for frogs, i remember being frantic and overly eager when i went frogging for Microhylas at Kent Ridge Park last year. Until i stayed put at one spot and start spotting, literally stop and spot.
back to the question of the night,
"where are all the females?"
Beats me, maybe they went to the ladies to touch up their make-up?
(This answer is Homo sapienly correct but anuranly not very accurate)
A Polyepedates leucomystax, a common tree frog
From http://thepursuitofanurans.blogspot.com/
alicia
Time: 2002 to 2115
Weather: X rain, windy, cloudy, dry
Date: 19th February, 2009
Dr Bickford and Alicia
The question of the night was
"Where are all the females?"
It was a fairly dry night. It hasnt been raining for the pass few days, As far as i can remember, the last time it rained was Monday.
Dr Bickford and I went on the Vigilante Drive Nature trail, we walked along the concrete pathway, occasionally straying away to the unbeaten tracks,
The night was almost silent, from any frog calls,
When we passed the first stream, which was almost dry,
Dr Bickford heard a solo Polypedates leucomystax,.
It went on for about 4 more times, in intervals of about 1 minute each.
We decided to move on,
The crime scene that night was the second stream we came across, we heard more Polypedates leucomystax this time. They were calling, in turns.
We saw a total of 6 that night. It was initially a little tough to spot them, but became so fun, i wanted to ask the last frog i saw where were the rest.
I will reach enlightenment if i can "Think like a frog"
After this second frogging, i think i have a better, though still rough and blurry idea of the how the project should and might be like.
Interesting stuff worth noting for the night,
1. There were so many spiders, and their eyeshines were literally making the whole forest glow, i was wondering whether i had missed any lucky frogs which i might have thought was just another spider.
2. I should try to remain composed when i search for frogs, i remember being frantic and overly eager when i went frogging for Microhylas at Kent Ridge Park last year. Until i stayed put at one spot and start spotting, literally stop and spot.
back to the question of the night,
"where are all the females?"
Beats me, maybe they went to the ladies to touch up their make-up?
(This answer is Homo sapienly correct but anuranly not very accurate)
A Polyepedates leucomystax, a common tree frog
From http://thepursuitofanurans.blogspot.com/
alicia
Thursday, February 12, 2009
What a catch, errie
Kent Ridge Park
Date: 7 February, 2009
Time Hour 2005 to 2105
Dr.Bickford, Sam, Lainie, Alicia
I had my first frogging for the project and it was splendid.
We saw a total of 36 individuals.
Most of them were Rana erythraeas (Common greenback), one Kaloula pulchra (Kaloula pulchra), which was hanging dearly to its dear life on a huge leaf, one Rana limnocharis, one Rana catesbeiana (American bullfrog-exotic species which is a threat to the native ones, it was a juvenile though), and 2 Polypedates leucomystax (common tree frog),
Shifting from a urban area (NUS Kent Ridge Campus) to Kent Ridge Park (a secondary forest),
it was almost a cultural shock for me,
the number of frogs i saw that night( that hour) was almost all i got for my whole project in Year 1,
And all i got a year ago was only Bufo melanostictus (Asian toads), Kaloula pulchra (banded bullfrogs) and 4 precious Polypedates leucomystax (Common treefrog)
Dr. Bickford told me some stuff, about the dos and donts for frogging,
1) The most important thing is the frogs' safety
2) Close in second comes the data (get an umbrella for the data recorder)
3) Try to put the frog/toad back as soon as we are done meddling with it, and at the spot we found it
and i think i sound sick but Rana erythraea perfume smells good.
Ok, i think UROPS was never a mistake.
Photo credits : http://gutt.sg.free.fr/
A Rana erythraea
alicia
Date: 7 February, 2009
Time Hour 2005 to 2105
Dr.Bickford, Sam, Lainie, Alicia
I had my first frogging for the project and it was splendid.
We saw a total of 36 individuals.
Most of them were Rana erythraeas (Common greenback), one Kaloula pulchra (Kaloula pulchra), which was hanging dearly to its dear life on a huge leaf, one Rana limnocharis, one Rana catesbeiana (American bullfrog-exotic species which is a threat to the native ones, it was a juvenile though), and 2 Polypedates leucomystax (common tree frog),
Shifting from a urban area (NUS Kent Ridge Campus) to Kent Ridge Park (a secondary forest),
it was almost a cultural shock for me,
the number of frogs i saw that night( that hour) was almost all i got for my whole project in Year 1,
And all i got a year ago was only Bufo melanostictus (Asian toads), Kaloula pulchra (banded bullfrogs) and 4 precious Polypedates leucomystax (Common treefrog)
Dr. Bickford told me some stuff, about the dos and donts for frogging,
1) The most important thing is the frogs' safety
2) Close in second comes the data (get an umbrella for the data recorder)
3) Try to put the frog/toad back as soon as we are done meddling with it, and at the spot we found it
and i think i sound sick but Rana erythraea perfume smells good.
Ok, i think UROPS was never a mistake.
Photo credits : http://gutt.sg.free.fr/
A Rana erythraea
Who can have monday blues when Sunday night was spent frogging?
alicia
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