They are quite lovable! Though I think a frog unexpectedly landing on my hand would be extremely startling. 😊 Thank you for this lovely profile, Diane. I learned things and it made me smile. xo
Thanks Carmine. I'm glad you smiled! Actually it is startling to have a treefrog land on my hand, but it's so soft and cool that I really like it and feel blessed.
I think our analogous frog here in western Oregon would be the Pacific tree frog. I've been on the lookout for them ... fingers crossed. I loved this post. I had no idea the gray tree frog would color shift!
Oh my gosh, that picture of the frog in the day lily. Be still my heart.
I wrote, awhile back, a little about the “ antifreeze blood” abilities of these little creatures during brumation (a word I hadn’t found then and am glad to now know).
I love your work and all it teaches me. Did you see that your Blackburian warbler piece made it into my last post (with a link, of course)?
What beautiful photos! My first up-close relationship with a gray tree frog was with one that lived inside the grill on our deck. When we used the grill, we so carefully moved it to a large flower pot all the way over at the other side of the deck. By the next morning, it was back inside our grill. We went through this drill for two summers. I never found where it spent the winter between those two summers. I know now to look for them in unexpected places!
This is a great story. It shows how settled the treefrogs are in their habits. If a tree frog spends every evening up against the glass of your kitchen window, it's the same character over and over. Frogs who live close by are aware of our patterns just as as we are aware of theirs. Thanks for commenting, Diana. I love hearing your experience.
Diane, such delight/full photographs of a fascinating creature. Thank you! As it happens, I'll be writing about frogs for a Scorpio post and would like to link to this. Okay?
Adorable! I saw a very tiny one in a plant pot the other day. I didn't get a close look because light was fading.
It might be back in that same pot again. What fun to look for it. Thank you for commenting!
They are quite lovable! Though I think a frog unexpectedly landing on my hand would be extremely startling. 😊 Thank you for this lovely profile, Diane. I learned things and it made me smile. xo
Thanks Carmine. I'm glad you smiled! Actually it is startling to have a treefrog land on my hand, but it's so soft and cool that I really like it and feel blessed.
I can see why. Hope to see one in my cup plants someday!
I think our analogous frog here in western Oregon would be the Pacific tree frog. I've been on the lookout for them ... fingers crossed. I loved this post. I had no idea the gray tree frog would color shift!
Oh, I just looked up Pacific Tree Frog. It's quite handsome. Frogs are such fine creatures, aren't they? Thank you for commenting.
Oh my gosh, that picture of the frog in the day lily. Be still my heart.
I wrote, awhile back, a little about the “ antifreeze blood” abilities of these little creatures during brumation (a word I hadn’t found then and am glad to now know).
I love your work and all it teaches me. Did you see that your Blackburian warbler piece made it into my last post (with a link, of course)?
Oh, thank you so much Holly! That's a thrill, seeing you respond like that.
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What beautiful photos! My first up-close relationship with a gray tree frog was with one that lived inside the grill on our deck. When we used the grill, we so carefully moved it to a large flower pot all the way over at the other side of the deck. By the next morning, it was back inside our grill. We went through this drill for two summers. I never found where it spent the winter between those two summers. I know now to look for them in unexpected places!
This is a great story. It shows how settled the treefrogs are in their habits. If a tree frog spends every evening up against the glass of your kitchen window, it's the same character over and over. Frogs who live close by are aware of our patterns just as as we are aware of theirs. Thanks for commenting, Diana. I love hearing your experience.
I had one of these lovely creatures climb onto my hand while I was paying my respects at a local cemetery. It was a cool moment.
What a memorial! Sweet
Diane, such delight/full photographs of a fascinating creature. Thank you! As it happens, I'll be writing about frogs for a Scorpio post and would like to link to this. Okay?
I would be honored. Thank you!