Bullfrog Relocation II

Back in May I wrote about catching and relocating a bullfrog from our little pond. This led to some conversation about how bullfrogs eat everything they can get their huge mouths around and are environmental pests. Carol denied that bullfrogs eat fish (which is why I think our goldfish disappear at times.) I posted this article that says they not only eat fish but birds, too!

I did not mention there was a much younger and smaller little brother who I thought could do little damage. He got bigger, and fish started disappearing again last month. He was a much harder catch. He jumped much more randomly and proved too difficult to sneak up on at night. I spotted him on some rocks in the day while working in the yard, so I snuck around a bush with a net and caused him to jump away from the water instead of towards it. After a few minutes, Stout and I trapped him!

I asked Mary Claire if she wanted to pick him up. (I didn't want to!) She ran off and came back with some work gloves. Stout had a fit.

Caution! Only zoom in on these pictures if you dare! They scared Nicole.

Note: We let him go down in the storm drain where he was free to hop under the street and go live in a creek.