Below is a list of places where frogs may live. These are good spots to visit during our Every-Other-Year Frog Survey. Please tell us about anywhere else you hear frogs!
Locations in bold are listed with Frogwatch USA, a long-term, national frog and toad monitoring program. If you go to these spots to listen for frogs, you can either submit your survey results directly to Frogwatch USA, or send them to us and we'll submit them for you.

BERKELEY

• South Berkeley mystery spots:
  Russell Street between Whitney & Shattuck, across from Berkeley Bowl
  Stuart Street east of Fulton, a block farther east
  the area of Shattuck just north of Ashby, and a block farther south
  Benvenue between Stuart and Derby, west side, north of 2732 Benvenue.
  We have reports of frogs here in 1999, but where is the water?
• Basement hole at Telegraph and Haste - seasonal puddles in this burned out hole seem to support frogs that probably feed in People's Park.
• 2461 West Street (near Channing) - There are reports of frogs here on the old Santa Fe Railroad right of way, but where is the water?
• Schoolhouse Creek on both sides of Sacramento, just south of Cedar Street. Behind homes east of Sacramento, and behind homes & church west of Cedar.
• Aquatic Park: small creeklets on east side of park flowing into lagoon look like good habitat, but no frogs have been heard. Why not? It is illegal and perhaps dangerous to visit this place at night; go at dusk and not alone. The south ("radio tower") lagoon and channel leading into it may be a potential frog habitat, but use caution at night.
• Codornices Creek, middle reach - There are no reports of frogs from previous years, but we can try the following sites again:
  1200 Kains, west side
  1200 Talbot or Cornell, both sides (sometimes there are frogs here)
  restoration site opposite 1200 Masonic and 1200 Masonic
  1200 Curtis
  north end Tevlin
  north end Acton Street
  Albina St. bridge to St. Mary's
  north of 1227 Bonita, both sides
  hidden branch between Hopkins & Yolo
  Live Oak Park
  Codornices Park, creek east of playground
  Quarry Rd. going into La Loma Park
  Keith Falls
  Queens at Glendale Path
  Remillard Park, ravine.
• Lower Codornices Creek below San Pablo. The most likely spot to hear frogs is the bypass, reachable through the ballfields or the UC Village Community Garden.
• Eastshore State Park "Meadow" area north of University, between Frontage Road and Marina Blvd. Shallow ponds in this former landfill have frogs that support egrets and herons (heard one year, but not others). Perhaps frogs could be transplanted to this area as part of restoration.
• Strawberry Creek on campus, especially in front of Valley Life Sciences Building
• Strawberry Creek (south fork) above the fence at the east end of Le Conte. The creek comes out of a wooded canyon here and goes underground. Strawberry Creek below this point may be too fast, but it is worth checking again anywhere it is above ground.
• Strawberry Creek near Botanic Garden, and UC Fire Trails - definite frog populations here.
• Berkeley Hills - why are there many frogs in Kensington hills, but seemingly few or none in Berkeley outside of the Botanical Garden? Possible populations in Remillard Park, small willow marsh on Codornices Creek feeders. From Keeler & Poppy, follow the wood-chip path down the steps to willows and the creek. We have no reports of frog calls in this area.
• Claremont Canyon Preserve.
• Dwight-Derby track above and south of Dwight on Clark Kerr Campus (water fountain runoff, also slow ditch and creeklet at south end).
• Derby Creek north of Smyth-Fernwald UC Housing (north of Dwight) and at stone bridge crossing Hillside south of Dwight. The creek is in a deep canyon and swift, and no frogs have been heard previously.
• 438 62nd Street between Canning and and Colby Streets (Oakland).

ALBANY

• University Village is key here. Residents say that they used to hear frogs along Codornices between 8th and 10th, but no longer do. This might be a spot worth checking. We need to check populations along the west edge of the Village, near the playfields and in the community garden. The Codornices Creek bypass channel (north of the playfields and along the railroad tracks), the marshy garden, and lower Village Creek (the drainage ditch along the tracks) are good habitat.
• Village Creek may be slow and small enough for frogs. If possible, we should survey the creek in the Gill Tract (this may be closed at night), in the newly restored portion between University Village and the Albany School (maybe no frogs yet, but they should come) and farther west, in the park/USDA/University Village Community Garden area.
• Middle Creek in the willow swamp at the foot of Albany Hill should be checked. Follow the trail downhill from the north end of Madison Street, Albany - take a good flashlight and watch your footing. If there are frogs, it may be possible to hear from across lower Cerrito Creek, from the walkway just north of Creekside Park in El Cerrito.
• Middle Creek at Evelyn - but where is the water?

EL CERRITO / KENSINGTON

• Cerrito Creek at the south edge of El Cerrito Plaza (north end of Kains, Talbot). These are a mystery, as fast creeks elsewhere have no frogs. Is there a puddle they can use somewhere?
• El Cerrito Hillside Natural Area: From Tamalpais and Fairview, walk south along the flat area; there are small slump ponds and then a creek. Also try the willow thicket at the end of Tamalpais Court, just uphill. Take a good flashlight and watch your footing.
• Hillside Natural Area, south end: take trail down from end of King Court, go right to glade along creeklet. Take a good flashlight and watch your footing.
• Huber Park - main entrance is at Galvin and Terrace, but better entry for this is at north end of Park, uphill; walk down steps, then up pathway, cross bridge toward north border & neighbor's pond.
• Small creeks at 710 Colusa, 784 Balra, opposite 509 Seaview, and 37 Kingston (long shots).
• Wildwood Creek north of Potrero, south of Hillside Natural Area (difficult access, but likely spot).
• Sunset View Cemetery: artificial pond near upper (pedestrian) entrance at Franciscan and Sunset; north fork Cerrito Creek near EBMUD property (and on EBMUD property, but it's fenced).
• West side of 100 block of Arlington, behind wood fence south of Sunset.
• Madera School, lower playground (go down Madera from Arlington to school) - frogs heard here previously. What is the water source? Is it in the Hillside Natural Area?
• Arlington Park - concrete ponds, creek at south border, and Simonson playing field just south.
• BART/Ohlone Greenway crossings (very important habitat that needs improving):
  South of Fairmount, behind old tire store
  North of Stockton, to Waldo
  South of Stockton
  At Blake, behind Target
  Baxter Creek, northwest of Key and Conlon.
• BAXTER CREEK BRANCHES in El Cerrito and Kensington
  Canyon Trails Park, pond near lower end (reach from Gatto, Tapscott, Conlon?)
  Poinsett Park, recently daylighted creek north end of Poinsett
  Mira Vista park, from Carlston or Dimme (Richmond)
  Booker T. Anderson Park, Carlson & S. 47th (Richmond) (formerly Eastshore Park).

RICHMOND (still thin on spots)

• Miller Knox (Ferry Point) Regional Park, Point Richmond: Lagoons north of Dornan/Brickyard Cove.
• Point Richmond, ditches in railroad tunnel.
• Point Richmond, quarry pond in proposed Seacliffe Estates (threatened by development): Go through tunnel and continue past Miller Knox/Ferry Point Park on Brickyard Cove Road to where Sandpiper Spit road goes right. Follow dirt road left, uphill; pond is visible from road and frogs will be heard from here.
• Anywhere on Wildcat Creek, including in San Pablo.
• Crescent Park, inner slough near Marina Bay.
• Ponds at Marina Bay condos (unconfirmed report of bullfrogs).
• Sloughs at University of California Richmond Field Station.
• Sloughs along Bay Trail between Point Isabel & Marina Bay, especially behind Richmond Field Station (these are brackish, but we have reports of frogs). You can walk the trail, or enter at mouth of Baxter Creek, 51st Street, near Bayview crossing of I-580
• Slough east of Rydin Road on the way to Point Isabel (cross I-580 on Central, turn right on Rydin; slough is east of road). Again, this is brackish, but we have reports of frogs.