photo by Greg Hofmann

6/14/2004: A California Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora draytonii) is looking particularly jaunty with a cap of duckweed (Lemna sp.), which is among the world's smallest flowering plants. This frog was posing in the guzzler just off the trail south of Cattail Swale. The Rookery Pond and Cattail Swale are two of several places on the Reserve that are managed to provide habitat for this threatened species.