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Long recordings (voice recorder + microphone):
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30 secs of Dam August 8 14.8MB Dam August 8 Frogs in the dam at dusk, just as rain begins to fall, August 8 2008.
The clicking sounds are male Spotted Marsh Frog. There is a soft "duk-duk-duk-duk" call in the background that we thought may have been a Mallee Spadefoot Toad but is likely to be a variation on the southern call race of the Spotted Marsh Frog.
30 secs of Dam September 5 8.6MB Dam September 5 Frogs in the dam at dusk, September 5 2008.
The Spotted Marsh Frogs have been joined by a Pobblebonk.
30 secs of Pond September 5 9.7MB Pond September 5 Frogs in the pond early evening, September 5 2008.
As far as we know, the pond has at least three male Spotted Marsh Frogs in it. They have gradually migrated from the dam about 50m away (dam frogs are audible in the background).
30 secs of Dam Oct 4 7.5MB Dam Oct 4 October 4 2008. The Pobblebonk was right, it did rain. 3mm yesterday but we (and no doubt it) were hoping for more! This recording from the dam is dominated by the Pobblebonk but at one point you can hear a Spotted Marsh Frog (picked out in the preview). Much softer than before but they must still be there (can't hear them from the house).
30 secs of Pond Pobblebonk Nov 8 08 8.3MB Pond Pobblebonk Nov 8 08 November 8 2008. 17mm of rain yesterday, and tonight we have heard the first Pobblebonk calls from the pond.
30 secs of Mallee Spadefoot Toad June 2 2009 2.8MB Dam Mallee Spadefoot Toad June 2 2009 June 2 2009. 13mm of rain this week, 12mm last week, wonderfully wet! Tonight for the first time we heard theMallee Spadefoot Toad  from the dam. Judging by the variations in calls there are at least three males. Almost as exciting as the first frog recording!!!

Short recordings (mobile phone):
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1.4MB Dam July 16 The first frog recording (very exciting!) from the dam, early evening July 16 2008. The clicking sounds are male Spotted Marsh Frog.
2.3MB Pond August 5 The first frog in the pond, August 5 2008.  
We first heard this Spotted Marsh Frog back on July 22 but he was very shy. Took a couple of weeks to catch him on record (and only then after 0.5 hours of silence) as he would go quiet as soon as he could see me.
4.9MB Dam August 5 Frogs from the dam on the same evening (August 5 2008).
2.7MB Dam August 7 Frogs from the dam, August 7 2008. They start off quiet but then get into it.
129kb Pobblebonk in Dam Oct 2 08 129kb Pobblebonk in Dam Oct 2 08 October 2 2008. Since the last lot of eggs in the dam, the frogs there have been very quiet, though most nights we have been able to hear at least one Spotted Marsh Frog from the pond.
This is a celebratory recording because at least one dam frog is back! We heard the Pobblebonk tonight and hope it may be forecasting rain for tomorrow. The quality is not so good but you can hear crickets etc. I also heard a bat - something flying fairly low and making a rapid clicking sound, but didn't catch it with the recorder.