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Their numbers do seem to have dropped off a bit over the past couple years. Let me be the first to offer these two possible factors: 1. Joe Biden. 2. Covid-19.
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This merely proves that masks weren't effective. It has nothing to do with Biden.
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We have coqui frogs, I also hear a cricket.
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(03-26-2022, 08:29 PM)Or1on Wrote: Calling names or other petty condescending replies seems to be the M.O. of quite a few posters here at Puna Web. Even some of the regulars.
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(03-16-2022, 03:13 AM)terracore Wrote: (03-16-2022, 12:39 AM)kalianna Wrote: Are you talking about brown anoles? We have plenty of those too but they seem to be diurnal while the coquis are nocturnal.
I've seen chickens fighting over a coqui frog during the day. They find them in the bushes and dispatch them quickly. That was part of my theory with the turkeys, as they have at least 3x the reach of the chickens, though I've never seen a turkey actually eat one and I'm not sure that they do, on the other hand I don't spend a lot of time watching them. I was just trying to connect the dots as to why the coquis are no longer drowning out the barking dogs, meth heads, and roosters. Sometimes one doesn't miss something until they are gone.
We haven't had the type of drought that would affect adult coquis. It's been raining less quantity but the frequency doesn't seem THAT much lower. Catchment tank is always full and nothing needs watering. But I guess that could be influencing the breeding process. It is interesting to read other's experiences.
Wild birds besides turkeys could be eating them too.
