>>From Russell Rogers, rrogers at halcyon.com
>
>Just a short note on the eating subject. In South Carolina a friend of
>mine photographed a really big bull frog sitting on the edge of a pond
>with an adult male Rufous-sided Towhee in its mouth. The bird was in the
>mouth all the way down to the middle of the breast and wings. It was not
>known if the frog actually got the bird down or not. It is also not known
>how the frog got it. My guess is that the bird was probably dead and the
>frog found it.

If I know anything about the predatory habits of bullfrogs, I would guess
just the opposite--that the bird came down to the water for a drink, and
the frog thought, "hmmmm, I feel like a good meal of bird legs." For the
most part frogs only take moving prey. I remember once seeing the table
turned up in Skagit Co., as I watched a wood duck trying to swallow a
sizable bullfrog stuck in its throat. Its patience exceeded mine, so I left
before I saw the conclusion. Then let me tell you about the western gull
that swallowed the wood duck (no, just kidding....).

Dennis Paulson