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Treefrogs

Discussion in 'Hobbies and Interests' started by PA Mountain Man, Apr 29, 2021.

  1. PA Mountain Man

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    Sure sign of spring.
     
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    I have a pond real close to our house. We get tons of frogs and turtles. Did you have a hard time making that vid?
     
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    It's not my video, but every time I play it outside the chorus starts again. They like to sing in the rain.:singingintherain:
     
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    I love the sound of them in the distance...up close in my pool - 100+ of them calling out their love song, not so much. We catch and release a few mile away at least 100 of them every spring.
     
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    Spring peepers started about 3 weeks ago in the swamp here. Wood frogs were after them and now toads are calling.

    All great signs of spring.
     
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    Funny I just saw this thread. Found one on my stovepipe today. 20210510_160522.jpg
     
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    Where?
     
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    Crazy he turned that color.
     
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    He is working really hard to hide. Amazin critters!:yes:
     
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    He is still there today. Sucking heat from the pipe on these cold nights.
     
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    I was splitting some punky elm yesterday and I found a little frog inside one of the pieces of wood. It wasn't much bigger than the end of my thumb. I let him go. I had never seen a frog inside a piece of wood before.
     
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    I found a funny frog on my cucumber plant last year. He was about the size of a pencil eraser. I have never seen such a small frog.
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    I also saw a toad out by the wood pile. He was a neat little guy.

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    I found some salamanders, those are pretty cool.
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    I had a tree frog on the ledge over the back door last Summer. Sometimes it would jump ( maybe fall ? ) going in or out the door. I'm guessing it was feeding on insects attracted to the light over the door that has a motion detector and goes off now and then during the night. Not enough to be annoying but apparently enough for the tree frog ?
    Also had one over the shed door, which has no light. They can change color a bit so they can be somewhat un-noticeable .
    Both spots stay somewhat dry due to overhangs so maybe they like dry too ?
     
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