At the rear of the house in Manzanita was a lovely marshy area full of ponds, ferns, skunk cabbages and red winged blackbirds. I had a lot of time for the blackbirds, they had a lovely call and their red wing flashes made them much more impressive than a typical blackbird:
httpv://youtu.be/-ERNEi42_B0
The most impressive creature living in the marshland however, were the bullfrogs. What a noise they made. All night long!
httpv://youtu.be/DM8SjwVT4Ww
On the second evening I decided to try and get a photo of a bullfrog. There were clearly hundreds of them so how hard could it be? Very as it turned out because every time I went anywhere near the water they stopped and the frogs at the other end of the marsh land decided to croak instead. Never mind, at least I got the croaking to share with you all:
httpv://youtu.be/H24MOHN8TH8
Elk also frequent the area behind the house but unfortunately we didn’t get to see those – may be next time.
For all the Manzanita pictures check out the flickr set.