ML161010

Media notes

Subject 1: (Environmental Recording). Subtitle: Buenos Aires NWR ambiance. Timecode In: 00:00:40. Timecode out: 00:06:53. Subject 2: (Interview). Subtitle: Cecil Schwalbe, John Burnett. Timecode In: 00:17:21. Timecode out: 01:27:22. Notes: Frog research discussion. Includes frog and toad vocalizations in background. Subject 3: Great Plains Toad (Anaxyrus cognatus). Timecode In: 00:24:29. Timecode out: 00:25:12. Subject 4: Colorado River Toad (Incilius alvarius). Timecode In: 00:32:18. Timecode out: 00:35:10. Notes: "Release call." Spea multiplicata is also vocalizing. Subject 5: Mexican Spadefoot (Spea multiplicata). Timecode In: 00:32:18. Timecode out: 00:35:10. Notes: Bufo alvarius is also vocalizing. Subject 6: (Environmental Recording). Subtitle: Buenos Aires NWR ambiance. Timecode In: 00:45:50. Timecode out: 00:48:47. Notes: Includes frog and toad vocalizations. Subject 7: (Environmental Recording). Subtitle: Buenos Aires NWR ambiance. Timecode In: 01:03:31. Timecode out: 01:11:37. Notes: Includes frog and toad vocalizations. Equipment Notes: Decoded MS stereo. NPR/NGS RADIO EXPEDITIONS Show: AZ frogs Log of DAT #: 9 Engineer: Deputy Date: July 19, 2002 MILE POST 16, BANWR 00:40-6:55 - ambi - quiet, some frogs in bg, crickets¿. 2:29 some faint birds? Crickets 2:49 splash 3:25 good frog call (?) 4:11 good squeak 4:26 frog 4:46 frog 5;15 more frogs 6:30 - 6:55 talking in bg, some mic handling 6:56 walking with some off mic talking 7:29 CS -so I think we ought to set it down near the water's edge, so if they come in the area they might start calling too¿ 7:41- 9:55 CD playing frog calls 9:56 CS - let's try out some cogs 10:19 switching CDs 10:35 - 13:20 diff frog calls on CD - good and irritating 13:21 waiting to hear a response¿ 13:31 - frog call 14:27 - 16:07 another frog call on a CD 16:10 some calls in bg - NG 16:20 CS - in a whisper, and off mic - I think this will work it we get some weather 16:34 JB - they sure are a bunch of them out there though - the side of the pond is just lined with their eyes 16:44 CS - you see the weather conditions - if we had a little bit of misting rain 16:34 JB - there are sure a bunch of them out there though - the side of the pond is just lined with their eyes 16:42 CS - yeah. But you see - the weather conditions - if we had a little bit of misting rain - we got a little bit of response earlier on - the Great Plains Toad - that is the one that takes humans to the thresholds of pain, that is the one that wasn't calling here on Monday JB - I love the way you say that - it takes humans to the thresholds of pain 17;02 CS - that why - I really wanted to hurt you guys - I really did! JB - we wanted you to also 17:12 CS - I was really hoping you guys would be begging me for my ear plugs which I have 17:18 JB - well, while they are recatching, shall we stand right here and chat? CS - that sounds like a good idea 19:10 JB - why do they call you the bullfrog hitman of the west? 19:14 CS - well, I have been called the bullfrog hitman of the west probably bc we have taken the bullfrog on in more places then anyone else this far west - we have tried to eliminate the bullfrog in areas of Arizona, and part of that moniker came from a 10 year failed attempt to remove bullfrogs from San Barindino (sp) NWR bc we basically underestimated the enemy. We didn't know the intensity that it would take to truly expunge the species from an area. Now 10 years later we have a better idea of how much effort it takes. We had the arrogance 15 yrs ago (car door slam in bg) to think that we could knock the bullfrog out by just catching the adults and leaving the young ones as garter snake food. Bc one of the effects of the bullfrog was the decline of the Mexican garter snake and the bullfrog is just - it has too many kids to ... (Notes truncated)

Additional species

• Great Plains Toad Anaxyrus cognatus
• Sonoran Desert Toad Incilius alvarius
• Mexican Spadefoot Spea multiplicata