I would really like to film frogs and I have seen them in the garden. I've heard that a pond would attract them but at the moment that is not possible. Food, Shelter, water, etc....Can anybody help?
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Permalink Reply by Richard Geary on Hi Myles, a pond does not have to be big to attract frogs, any container of water would work, if you can get a good size container that will hold perhaps 30 to 60 ltrs (about the size of a large sink or half a barrel) of water you could set up a small pond sutable for filming, and as the frogd are tree frogs you can have it at a raised hight to make it easier to film,
without making this long, get your tub, possition it in a location that gives you a nice back drop etc etc, perhaps play around with it a little then fill it and add some plants and the odd branch going in to the water, check that you can film the areas where the frogs may sit without having to move the camera around, then once your happy with it, decorate it using moss or bark or whatever you can find/use to hide the edges of the tub and make it look natural. and as the species of fron in your photos are a foam nesting species, if you place a good size branch about 2 feet above the water you may just get lucky and get them to breed, they lay their eggs on the branch and when they hatch the tadpoles fall in to the water, it avoids the eggs getting eaten by fish,
Hope thats given you some ideas,
Richard
Permalink Reply by Richard Geary on for more ideas google image search container ponds
Permalink Reply by Myles Storey on Thnaks Richard! It really helped!
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