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The Sierran Treefrog isn't just found in the Sierra, nor are they found exclusively in trees.
This large specimen was chillin' under a log in what should be a vernal pond were it not for the return of California's drought.
View down into their 2.5 gallon pickle jar habitat - their home in our family room for 14 weeks. The Big Frog is in the shadow to the rear.
The Saga: These are Green Treefrogs (Hyla cinerea). I took pictures of one tiny (about ½ inch) tree frog on 10/5/05 and on 10/11/05. In late October it got cold but the tiny frog still came to our front door. We worried that he (?) wouldn’t survive, so we took him inside - keeping him in a 2.5 gallon glass pickle jar - and named him Zanzibar. A week or so later, the weather warmed up – Zanzibar was released and he disappeared. In mid November, we were doing some yard work and found another, much larger (~ 1.5 inches) frog under a stone. Since it was now cold and he was already set to be dormant for the winter, we took him in and put him in the big jar. He was joined a couple of days later by a second (~ 1 inch) frog that Jack found in our garage. These frogs were fed every 3-4 days with one dozen small crickets and, sometimes, with meal worms. This 3/6/06 picture shows the two frogs in their pickle jar habitat. Aside from one occasion when the big one got free and was mauled by one of our cats – he survived – all was well. Each morning and night the big one (and sometimes the little one) would sing their loud froggy song for 10-20 seconds. The book says that only males do this. Early in the morning of Good Friday, I was tending to the needs of Ralf (our black lab) and noticed that Zanzibar (I’m sure it was Zanzibar) was attached to a window pane next to our front door. Since the weather was O.K for Zanzibar – the temperature has begun to stay in the 60’s at night – I put the pickle jar on the front porch and left the top open. The next day the big frog was gone from the jar – though we’ve seen him near the door – but the small frog was still in the jar. Four days on now, the small frog leaves the jar at night but returns to the jar during the day (see picture taken 4/17/06, below).
This tiny treefrog was hanging out behind the old schoolhouse. There were a few in the thickets on the dewy leaves. I thought at first they were peepers but now I'm thinking Gray Treefrog (sp).
This Gray Treefrog has been frequenting our swimming pool each night, where he calls (unsuccessfully) for a mate. I have numerous shots of his legs sprawled, but he almost looks too human-like in that pose and for some reason I find it a bit disturbing!
On a sweet dewy morning during dry season, a treefrog sits upon a cabbage palm frond waiting for passing insects. This little cypress swamp has variety of tasty flies and mosquitoes for a lucky frog to sample.
A newer, bigger and cleaner version of my treefrog CP =)
I am also uploading this to provide direct comparison with the previous picture =)
In 2003 my Mom was in a pretty bad car accident. My brother and I drove out to Wisconsin to help her as she was stuck in bed for a long while. To keep myself busy I took up beading. I don't wear much beaded jewelry so I quickly moved onto the bead babies. They may be simpler, but I thought they were so much more fun to make. This was around the time Order Of The Phoenix came out and for a laugh I even made a set of Harry Potter bead babies. heh. I might upload those as well.
I was driving at a snail's pace down a back road - looking for warblers. I noticed this knot in the tree looked weird - so I pulled over and took a closer look. I was pleasantly surprised to see a gray tree frog! I went back later and he had moved on :)