adventures of a tree frog

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Imagine my surprise when I threw my glance over to my dining room window and saw this Gray tree frog clinging to it. I have absolutely no idea how it got past the outer screen, which, though not locked in place, is otherwise fairly secure. At any rate, this was the sequence of events, from left to right top, left to right bottom:

 

1. Frog on window. Notice how adorably all its legs are tucked beneath it.

 

2. Frog on window with front feet extended.

 

I then opened the window and gently grabbed hold of it to set it outside. However, it did not at all like being cupped in my hands and either peed or excreted some kind of liquid, so at that point I pushed open the bottom of the screen and opened my cupped hands.

 

3. The frog landed on my teak bench.

 

I brought over a pot saucer with water in it, one that I use for a bird bath, and nudged it over into it. I have a photo of it there. It then leaped onto the side of my house, and I have a photo of it there but did not add those two to this mosaic.

 

4. I again picked up the frog and brought it over to a tree trunk, but it decided it preferred being on the ground at that time.

 

I think the change in color in these photos (hence its scientific name) was more a factor of light than it changing its color, as a chameleon does, since these frogs take about a half hour to make that change.

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