On Sat, 10 Jul 1999, Ruth Sullivan wrote:

> ... with Frogs Where ever i go now looking for Dragonflies i see
> and hear a lot. Some time there scare me when there clunk in to the water.
> Remember i most all the time are right on the edge of ponds. But for the
> first time ever i discovert WINGS from Dragonflies laying on the edges of
> the pond. This is in Olympia Puget Sound Community Collage.


At South Puget Sound Community College there are Bullfrogs (and Pacific
Treefrogs). Frogs that jump from the pond's edge into the water when
you approach are typically Bullfrogs (which usually give an "eep" when
they jump), red-legged frogs (which are silent), or Cascades Frogs (higher
in the mountains and silent like red-legged frogs). I suspect what you are
seeing (or hearing plop in the water) are juvenile bullfrogs. And, they
probably are eating the emerging dragonflies.

Kelly McAllister