Weinand Wildlife
Europäischer Laubfrosch (Hyla arborea)
A prince amongst thornes dreaming away the noonday heat...
Because the prospects of still finding Bufotes viridis, Alytes obstetricans or Pelobates fuscus this year are looking quite grim, I'm even more delighted to finally – at the third try this year – have found Hyla arborea in the field.
More specifically I saw two subadults plus the adult shown above and heard four or five further individuals' soft summer calls from the same blackberry hedge. On the hottest day of the year the tree frogs were still sitting on the sun-exposed side of the hedge, though on shaded leaves and twigs. This individual displays the typical resting pose with fingers and toes shuffled under the body to minimize fluid depletion while sunbathing.
I'm not so sure about the digital processing on this one, maybe it's pitched a bit too warm? On the other hand, it was quite warm that day.^^
Brombeerhecke bei Unna.
Europäischer Laubfrosch (Hyla arborea)
A prince amongst thornes dreaming away the noonday heat...
Because the prospects of still finding Bufotes viridis, Alytes obstetricans or Pelobates fuscus this year are looking quite grim, I'm even more delighted to finally – at the third try this year – have found Hyla arborea in the field.
More specifically I saw two subadults plus the adult shown above and heard four or five further individuals' soft summer calls from the same blackberry hedge. On the hottest day of the year the tree frogs were still sitting on the sun-exposed side of the hedge, though on shaded leaves and twigs. This individual displays the typical resting pose with fingers and toes shuffled under the body to minimize fluid depletion while sunbathing.
I'm not so sure about the digital processing on this one, maybe it's pitched a bit too warm? On the other hand, it was quite warm that day.^^
Brombeerhecke bei Unna.