We may have to introduce Cane Toads to control those Bullfrogs

Stewart Wechsler
West Seattle
mailto:ecostewart at quidnunc.net

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From: Ed Swan


I heard recently that some of the local Land Trust people observed a
bullfrog catch a Cedar Waxwing and when they caught it and examined the
stomach contents there were two waxwings inside. At Mukai Pond on Vashon
Island, willows lean out over the muddy shoreline and the waxwings flycatch
from the willows. Apparently they are sometimes perching low enough that
the bullfrogs can get them. One of the Land Trust staff has been trying to
pair down the bullfrog numbers by spear fishing them and has caught, I
think, fifty or so at a time. The numbers are very high there but I should
find out again how many they're catching.

Ed Swan
Vashon Island
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