Eastern Gray Tree Frog and Blue Bottle Fly
This little guy found itself in our pool skimmer one day :( ... so I rescued him :), placed the little frog in an open square plastic sandwich container, and walked him to the edge of our property to be released. Instead of quickly hopping out of the open container to freedom, he just sat there staring at me.
I didn't have my camera with me, and I didn't know how long he would just sit in the container, but I decided to run the couple hundred yards to the house and back to see if I could get a few shots anyway.
To my surprise, he was still sitting right where I had left him, which had to be 3 or 4 minutes while I was gone, so I started shooting away at different angles and distances. No matter how I turned the container he was in to try to get different shots of his back or sides, he would spin around and face me again ... it was kind of cool, and I'll say it, very cute too.
For about 5 minutes I had taken various photos, and at one point within that time, a blue fly actually landed on his head for a short bit, enough for me to get a couple photos before it flew away :) ... this was one.
After taking enough photos of him, I tried coaxing him out of the container by slightly tilting it from one side to the other. Still, rather than hop away to freedom, the frog just kept moving around the container, trying to stay towards the higher area of my tilting action. It was funny, I was trying to get it to go away, yet he wouldn't leave. Maybe he was just a very vain frog and wanted me to take even more pictures, :O
At one point I turned the container completely upside down ... but being a tree frog, he easily stayed suctioned right to the container and just wouldn't let go of it! As a last resort to get him to leave, I started nudging him softly with my finger. He just looked at me for a bit while I nudged, then he proceeded to simply jump right up on my arm and walk up to my shoulder and sit there. :)
I walked over to a nearby tree, placed my shoulder against it, and again nudged the frog toward freedom ... finally, the little frog decided he had enough fun with me for the day, and he climbed up on the tree. Sad to say that I never did see that frog again ... I miss that frog!
Eastern Gray Tree Frog and Blue Bottle Fly
This little guy found itself in our pool skimmer one day :( ... so I rescued him :), placed the little frog in an open square plastic sandwich container, and walked him to the edge of our property to be released. Instead of quickly hopping out of the open container to freedom, he just sat there staring at me.
I didn't have my camera with me, and I didn't know how long he would just sit in the container, but I decided to run the couple hundred yards to the house and back to see if I could get a few shots anyway.
To my surprise, he was still sitting right where I had left him, which had to be 3 or 4 minutes while I was gone, so I started shooting away at different angles and distances. No matter how I turned the container he was in to try to get different shots of his back or sides, he would spin around and face me again ... it was kind of cool, and I'll say it, very cute too.
For about 5 minutes I had taken various photos, and at one point within that time, a blue fly actually landed on his head for a short bit, enough for me to get a couple photos before it flew away :) ... this was one.
After taking enough photos of him, I tried coaxing him out of the container by slightly tilting it from one side to the other. Still, rather than hop away to freedom, the frog just kept moving around the container, trying to stay towards the higher area of my tilting action. It was funny, I was trying to get it to go away, yet he wouldn't leave. Maybe he was just a very vain frog and wanted me to take even more pictures, :O
At one point I turned the container completely upside down ... but being a tree frog, he easily stayed suctioned right to the container and just wouldn't let go of it! As a last resort to get him to leave, I started nudging him softly with my finger. He just looked at me for a bit while I nudged, then he proceeded to simply jump right up on my arm and walk up to my shoulder and sit there. :)
I walked over to a nearby tree, placed my shoulder against it, and again nudged the frog toward freedom ... finally, the little frog decided he had enough fun with me for the day, and he climbed up on the tree. Sad to say that I never did see that frog again ... I miss that frog!