The morning light was gorgeous on the ride to Rainbow Bay, but no salamanders. Back to dry weather and no rain in the forecast for the weekend so no more marbled salamanders likely to enter the bay. Did get a few juvenile bullfrogs in the buckets. At one of our wetlands, the H-02 constructed wetlands, we’re getting bullfrog metamorphs coming out so this seems to be the time for them. Bullfrogs don’t reproduce at Rainbow Bay because the hydroperiod (the length of time the bay holds water) isn’t long enough for them. They breed in the late spring and need several months to develop. Many of the bays on the SRS typically dry up too quickly for bullfrogs to succeed. When we see them at Rainbow Bay they are usually juveniles moving through the landscape from other nearby wetlands.
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