Atchafalaya Basin 3 Jan 09

Rob and Chris Dobbs and I went out the Sherburne Complex of the Atchafalaya Basin Saturday night, January 3, 2009. It was Rob's last night of herping before he, his wife Meribeth and best friend Binny the black lab had to head back to Colorado. For me, it was my first herping of 2009. The night was predominated by choruses of spring peepers, Pseudacris crucifer, Cajun chorus frogs, P. fouquettei and Southern leopard frogs, Lithobates spenocephalus. We were able to get several shots of the first two in song, but the leopards proved again to be a formadible challenge.....each time we would near singing males, they would fall silent. Of course, being that they always give song from water, it's hard to approach one while wading through the same pool they're singing from.

Photos below in order of appearence: 1) spring peeper, 2) Cajun chorus frog & 3) Southern leopard frog

Chris in action......