![]() During COVID lockdown, I dove into my archives and found some real special moments. When she asked if I had any more easy listening songs, I jumped at the chance. I did JazzThing 1, JazzThing 2, and was totally thrilled and surprised to get contacted by Mary Kirk who (along with her husband Doug) own and operate easy listening jazz stations in Toronto and Vancouver. ‘Undun’, ‘Blue Collar’ and ‘ Lookin Out for #1’, were very popular hits with radio and once in a while I still fantasize about being a jazz artist and jumping into a full project. I always liked straight ahead rock and roll but with a lean on jazz. ![]() “It was an exciting time when I was in my teenage years in Winnipeg and went astray from ten years of classical violin training for rock and roll guitar! Out of a blend of bluegrass, blues, jazz and rockabilly came a new music wave that swept the world. These are then carefully tied around the base of a rush or a submerged grass stalk.Blue Frog Studios and The WAVE 98.3, Vancouver’s Coolest Vibe are proud to present the legendary Randy Bachman’s Jazz Thing “In the Shade”. The eggs are again produced in small packets which are fertilised as they are produced. Slightly larger than the Common tree frog at 5cm to 6cm. Occupying the milder areas of France it will be active for most of the year. As far as water is concerned it can tolerate a degree of salinity which gives it the ability to frequent coastal waters and wetlands. It is also limited in its range to the more Mediterranean regions of France and the coastal areas as far north as the Gironde, ( see map ), where it can be found in a number of habitats including town centers. The stripeless tree frog shares many of the same characteristics but spends more of its time on land. Metamorphosis takes place after three months when the young leave the water and then remain land dwellers for at least another three months. ![]() These float on top of the water and hatch in about two weeks. Eggs are laid in the water in smallish packets, perhaps as many as 50, over a number of days and number between 800 & 1900 eggs per female in total. When night falls the singing starts to attract and guide a female to their position. Reproduction: The males arrive first at ponds, lakes, ditches and slow moving rivers in April where each individual creates a territory of around 6 metres diameter which it defends. Photo: Very young and small Common green tree frog in France. Hibernation takes place from October until March, although it will remain active during periods of milder weather. It will frequently move into deep wells and other subterranean cavities when conditions are particularly hot or dry. Generally nocturnal, but not exclusively, it eats insects which it catches with its projectile tongue, these are often taken on the wing. ![]() Average size is about 4cm with a maximum of 5cm. This is more rapid than the stripeless and can be heard from April until early summer and again at the end of summer into autumn. The common tree frog can be found in most areas of France except the south, ( see map ).It makes use of a large range of habitats where it rarely descends to the ground as it tends to spend its time in bushes and small trees where its presence is often made evident by its loud singing. The common tree frog, like its cousin, the stripeless tree frog, is different from other French frogs in that it has the possibility to climb in vegetation or indeed on almost any other structure by virtue of adhesive pads on the ends of its digits. Both species are included on this page due to their similarities.
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