No blog about the Westwind Trail would complete without mention of the frogs. Every time I have hiked that trail I was amazed by the number of little brown frogs hopping off the trail just ahead of me.
As far as I can tell, they are all Northern Red-leg Frogs (rana aurora). Between the swampy area at the bottom of the hill and the rainy climate, it is an ideal place for these frogs to breed. I suppose there would have to be a plentiful food supply too, but I don't remember ever seeing a fly or mosquito on the trail, unlike the North Head Trail on the other side of the hill, where there are swarms of them at times.
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