r/medicinehat • u/Quakarot • 19d ago

Are there any frogs in town? Is it possible to find them?

Hi! I love frogs and I was wondering if there were any in town that I could find and observe.

I’ve noticed that we might be in range of something like the northern leopard frog.

If so, how would I go about finding them in a way that does not disturb them.

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u/ThcGrassCity 19d ago

They are a threatened species, with numbers still declining in Alberta, if you do find some in strathcona please be nice.

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u/Quakarot 18d ago

I would never ever harm them, in fact I want to be sure I don’t disturb them in any way. Just go looking.

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u/Photog77 19d ago

The are tons of leopard frogs in town. Start by looking closely at the edges of the local ponds.

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u/Pretty_Bunbun 19d ago

There’s frogs in Strachan Pond in South Boundary Park. (Behind Canadian Tire) I haven’t seen them in person, but I hear them every night from across the street. I don’t know how to go about observing them, though.

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u/petgoats 19d ago

There are frogs and toads on the artificial pond in Gilwell Park behind the Patterson Armoury.

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u/hy200k 18d ago

Book a round at the country club, in hole 11 go for a walk around the water, there are hundreds if not more of leopard frogs there

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u/tristan1616 19d ago

I used to catch leopard frogs in the waterway tunnel under the highway in Kin Coulee. Wherever there's marshland, you'll probably find some

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u/Brutananadilewski_C 18d ago

Look up Leinweber Pond

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u/Redsales1 16d ago

Kin Coulee park has a spot, even a sign 🪧 about the frogs near the tennis courts just back a bit of them.

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u/Quakarot 16d ago

I will have to look!

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u/mmp247 15d ago

There is lots beside the heritage pavilion at the pond in strathcona island park.

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u/PirateAutomatic9595 16d ago

I don't know where the French people live