Frog Chorus

There was a stunning chorus of frog voices singing into the night yesterday. There is a very swampy area and a creek not too far from us. The dam that used to exist on this estate has been filled with land fill (unlike other estates where they are creating waterways and embracing existing natural features) and now has houses on top of it. Apart from the extra cost to the home owners with extra reinforcement of their houses this has meant that the frogs have had to move on. However, with all the land clearing leaving pot holes, tyre depressions and other places for rain to collect in, it seems that the frogs have made the best of a bad situation. I'm sure many will move to the waterways in the neighbouring estate but for now they are coping. I think the recent rains, especially after so little rain over the last number of years, may have also encouraged the frogs to breed more voraciously. I just hope that when the next stage goes in the frogs have time to move out before being hurt by all the heavy machinery. My other concern is the amount of rubbish that gets dumped around here and possible contamination of the water from vehicles and other construction techniques (such as the run off when they acid wash bricks and driveways). At least we are surrounded by fully constructed homes so our little piece of froggy heaven should be relatively safe. I just hope that they have enough habitat recreated by the next estate to cope with the habitat loss here.