This little fellow was just sitting in the middle of the path around noon today. It was probably soaking in the warmth of the sun. It didn't blink an eye when I got down to ground level to 'shoot' it face on. It's a green frog, one of our most common frogs.
The frog chorus was in full swing in the frog pond this morning. That's not all that was in full swing. There was some heavy courting going on as well. I now know where the term "leap frog" came from. As I stood and watched, the (presumably) male frogs began leaping toward the females, who in turn leaped away from the males, playing hard to get. It was a hoot.
Well, I thought I'd post a better shot of one of the green frogs at the marsh. I just missed ending up in the water when I leaned over to get this shot yesterday. I was only about four feet away from it, and it stayed put long enough for me to take its picture. I must admit, they are pretty creatures.
The pond by the railbed was still loaded with green frogs 'singing' their gulk...gulk...gulk song when I approached this morning. Once again I took a few shots, and found another anomaly when I zoomed in. It was a blue frog. Apparently there are occasionally green frogs that are lacking their yellow skin pigment, and appear as blue green frogs. Isn't nature neat??
The green frogs in the pond next to the railbed were sounding away when I approached this morning. I could see heads sticking up out of the water in several places, and snapped a few shots. I didn't realize what I had gotten until I zoomed in on this shot. I know it's the season for frogs to breed, but this is a little extreme!
I almost missed this green frog this morning. He was sitting on a clump of vegetation, not moving a muscle. With his coloration, he blended right in with the background. We're all familiar with the call of a green frog - it sounds like a banjo string being plucked.
I could hear frogs plopping into the water all over the place this morning, whenever I approached the water's edge. This Green Frog who was hiding in the grass when I passed by didn't 'plop' far, so I was able to get this shot.
The little pool beside the trail, below the sewage lagoon, is ideal habitat for frogs. This morning a Green Frog with a bright yellow throat was laying in the middle of the pool 'talking' to another frog at the pool's edge. I lucked out and got a shot just as he sounded, creating the ripples as seen in the photo above.
