Here are my other Brazos Bend and/or critter pages:
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Alligators at Brazos Bend State Park Introduction                 Critters at Brazos Bend State Park Page 1
Snakes-nonvenomous 1-------------------------------------------     Critters at Brazos Bend State Park Page 3
Snakes-nonvenomous 2-------------------------------------------------Insects, non-toxic
Snakes-nonvenomous 3------------------------------------------------Spiders
Snakes-venomous------------------------------------------------------Mammals
Birds-Waders----Birds-Raptors---------------------------------    LIZARDS!

08/06/2006--BBSP finally got some rainfall about 4 weeks ago. There was enough water in Pilant Lake to allow some filling of 40 Acre Lake by opening the floodgate between them. When the water levels equalized, the gate was closed, and a diesel-fueled water pump was set up to continue filling the lake. The first image below (FILL THAT LAKE!) shows the pump in action.
The two images below show the improved appearance of the lake.  Compare them with the two images from 06/18/06 further down on this page.
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             FILL THAT LAKE!                       BETWEEN HOOT'S BENCH AND OBSERVATION TOWER                                 NEAR THE OBSERVATION TOWER
That's some improvement, right? This changed over 4 weekends.
Finally, there is  one more clip 4840 wmv . This is of a bullfrog calling, and the little "poot!" noise that Bullfrogs make sometimes after a bout of calling.
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                                              HI  DIDDLE DIDDLE AMPHIBIAN BULL FIDDLE
                                                     VIDEO CLIP 4840 kb wmv
A large number of Bullfrogs can be heard in the clip. It is illegal to catch or molest any animal (with the exception of fish) at BBSP. Frogs cannot be legally caught IN ANY WAY at BBSP.  Although fishing is  allowed, State fishing regulations must be followed.
Leave the animals you see at BBSP alone, so that other visitors may enjoy seeing them (and also to avoid being ticketed and fined).

October 17, 2004 The image below (GREEN RIDER) shows a little green hitchhiker that landed on the argo while I was mashing more rice Sunday.
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                                     GREEN RIDER
Actually, I see these Green Tree Frogs fairly often while in the rice, and usually that just land on the argo, or me, and then just jump off. This one, however, stayed for a while, and so I grabbed my "smaller" camera and took some pictures. They came out really well, I thought, so here they are.  I can't believe they came out like this!
I was got this great closeup (see REALLY CLOSE, below), and while I had the camera near it, the frog turned and faced the camera (see GET MY BETTER SIDE, below).  Finally this frog jumped off.
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  REALLY CLOSE                     GET MY BETTER SIDE         YOU WANT ME TO JUMP!?   WHAT ARE YOU POINTING AT?     DON'T MAKE ME GO
Later in the afternoon, I was at it again with the argo, and another frog jumped on. This time, I reached for it (with the camera in the other hand), and the frog jumped onto my hand. It crawled to the knuckle of my curled finger, and posed for a while (see YOU WANT ME TO JUMP. above). After I took a few pictures, I gently tried to let it jump off, but it wouldn't go. I extended my finger (see WHAT ARE YOU POINTING AT, above), and the frog just crawled around on my hand and finger.  It perched on my knuckle again, where I got this great picture (see DON'T MAKE ME GO, above).  It always affects me to have such a small creature trust me like this. I want to stand still for a while and let it remain. But, I had my work to do, and I figured the frog would be safer back in the grass, so I finally got it to jump to a strand. With a slight twinge, I moved away from my brief acquaintance.

April 27, 2003 I have one more clip to answer a question that many visitors have asked. They keep asking what this loud "jug-o-rum" sound is.  The culprit is the Bullfrog (rana catesbeiana). I've finally been able to get one on video as it's calling(see WHERE'S THE BEER?, below; or see the clip flv video 308 kb ) . Listen to this, and compare to the various alligator bellows on my pages.
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------------------------WHERE'S THE BEER?

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Brazos Bend State Park Volunteer's Page  The volunteer's main page.
 

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