With lightning crackling and rain threatening, 3 intrepid toadbusters set off to Warregah Island to celebrate the start of the official CIA toadbust season. As texted to Secret Agent Davidge "we laugh in the face of danger - ba ha ha!"
It was so nice to catch up with the landholders and they all provided so much support and local information over the phone and on the night. Matt G and Reid from USYD came along to observe Bevan, Ant and I as we bagged 78 cane toads for the night. It was a little hard not to feel like a lab rat a few times!
The best score for the night was finding an endangered frog - absolutely jaw dropping.
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| Giant Barred Frog (Mixophyes iteratus) - endangered in NSW. |
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| We suspect this big frog took a wrong turn at the bridge. |
We also found a Barn Owl on Chatsworth Island on the way home. I love getting out at night!
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| Barn Owl on Chatsworth Island |
So, a little cool still but we would like to think we took a few toads out that were stretching their flippers and thinking about getting up to no good for the night. See you at Brooms Head Friday night! Cheers, Sharon.
