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Frederick W. Schueler
Aug 18, 2026, 11:17:39 AMAug 18
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Everyone,
A few years ago I averaged the dates when juvenile Leopard Frogs showed
up in Bishops Mills, and found that my traditional idea of the arrival
date of 1 August had been surprisingly statistically accurate.
Early this year we had a few yearling Leopards around, and Scotts have
had lots of juveniles at their place 4.5 km NNE of here, and there's
been plenty of wet weather to facilitate movement, but this morning I
scraped the remains of the first juvenile of the season off the pavement
in front of the house (a few spots visible as collected, but more
spotted skin interpretable after soaking in soapy water). This may be
the latest first arrival we've had, but the database computer is being
repaired so I can't check.
In other Anuran news, the Treefrogs have returned and have begun their
summer calling, there have been a few juvenile Green Frogs around, and
we've been blessed by a cohort of juvenile Toads.
fred.
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---------Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad ------------
Fragile Inheritance Natural History - https://fragileinheritance.ca/ 6
St-Lawrence Street Bishops Mills, RR#2 Oxford Station, Ontario K0G 1T0
on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44.87156° N 75.70095° W
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A few years ago I averaged the dates when juvenile Leopard Frogs showed
up in Bishops Mills, and found that my traditional idea of the arrival
date of 1 August had been surprisingly statistically accurate.
Early this year we had a few yearling Leopards around, and Scotts have
had lots of juveniles at their place 4.5 km NNE of here, and there's
been plenty of wet weather to facilitate movement, but this morning I
scraped the remains of the first juvenile of the season off the pavement
in front of the house (a few spots visible as collected, but more
spotted skin interpretable after soaking in soapy water). This may be
the latest first arrival we've had, but the database computer is being
repaired so I can't check.
In other Anuran news, the Treefrogs have returned and have begun their
summer calling, there have been a few juvenile Green Frogs around, and
we've been blessed by a cohort of juvenile Toads.
fred.
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---------Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad ------------
Fragile Inheritance Natural History - https://fragileinheritance.ca/ 6
St-Lawrence Street Bishops Mills, RR#2 Oxford Station, Ontario K0G 1T0
on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44.87156° N 75.70095° W
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cvetter
Aug 19, 2026, 8:26:50 AMAug 19
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We've had juvenile leopard frogs since mid July. Of course they only have to hop a few meters from the swamp to the garden. The next week was juvenile tree frogs, possibly juvenile green frogs but I'm not sure of that ID and a few days later lots of juvenile chorus frogs. This week it's juvenile toads.
Candice
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