{"id":21224,"date":"2022-05-29T13:34:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-29T17:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=21224"},"modified":"2022-08-30T18:29:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T22:29:10","slug":"episode-591-one-lone-front-4-huge-ponds-say-it-isnt-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=21224","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 591 one lone front…4 huge ponds…say it isn’t so!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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episode 591    one lone front\u2026four large ponds\u2026.say it isn\u2019t so!<\/div>\n

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alan skeoch<\/div>\n
May 29, 2022<\/div>\n

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Here we are at the end of May, year 2021. Four huge ponds and all I could find was this <\/div>\n
one lone leopard frog.  Each year I hope the frogs will return and the ponds become rich<\/div>\n
in frog jelly about this time of year\u2026.and shortly rich in tadpole life.  But so far<\/div>\n
I have one lone front and fear the arrival of a blue heron who is an excellent fisherbrid<\/div>\n
with a long stiletto beak.  Which if another ooncern.  I have only seen one blue heron<\/div>\n
overflying our ponds.  In the past there were many.  This sixth extinction conversation is<\/div>\n
getting $%$%^ frightening.  (submit your own curse word)<\/div>\n

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And another thing.  Woody our dog can swim in the ponds without fear of leeches.   As can we.  There are no leeches anymore.<\/div>\n

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Another strange thing.  My one lone frog did not jump.  It allowed me to get close for a picture.<\/div>\n
Then it jumped when my camera got about 10 inches from its head.  Not a very wise frog.  Not<\/div>\n
likely to survive I fear.<\/div>\n

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Am I the onel  one to notice\u2026the only person concerned about the rapid die off of frogs.?  Not so.  Scientist have<\/div>\n
been concerned ever  since Rachel Carson.   Lots of articles.   But no solution.   Do not buy frogs<\/div>\n
from pet stores and then release them in your pond.  Spreads diseases of frogs.  My brother, Eric, has<\/div>\n
a tiny pond \u2026bathtub size\u2026distant from any other water source.  And yet, the frogs found his pond<\/div>\n
and thrived.  Why not our four ponds?  I have no idea.   <\/div>\n

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Climate change may boost frog disease chytridiomycosis<\/h1>\n

By Richard Black<\/span>
Environment correspondent, BBC News<\/span><\/p>\n

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