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Yesterday was a bit challenging for photography but I managed to catch several tree frogs last evening as they were making a bid for mates. Thought some of my Flickr friends might get a kick out of these. Hope you have a great weekend.
My wife, daughters, and a couple of friends visited a yard in search of a selasphorus hummingbird. We didn't get any photos of that individual but my kids still found a few critters to look at.
These little guys are the ones that make the "ribbit" sound used in movies that call for frog sounds. This is the only shot I managed of this frog (around the size of my thumbnail) before I got distracted by a fence lizard and the frog made its escape.
Garrard Co., Kentucky - Recently metamophosed individual - looks like it'd rather be green than gray today.
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Last weekend, some of my fellow South Florida Flickr buddies and I went out to Dinner Island Ranch in Hendry County, Florida - knowing that pretty soon the south Florida heat would not allow for it.
At our usual spot, where we look for the barred owls, we know that one can usually find the green treefrogs in the nearby palm fronds. So off we went in search of them ..... finding a lone treefrog almost immediately, but it was difficult to shoot, so we ventured out to find some more. We successfully found another frond that also had a beautiful one and luckily the sun was shining on it just so.
Having just purchased a brand new lens - Nikkor AF-S VR Micro 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED - I wanted to test it out, so I moved in real close. As I snapped away, the frog began to move along the palm frond and we were having difficulty shooting him, so we turned the frond over and discovered 4 more! Then, all of a sudden, several of the treefrogs jumped and one landed on my head! Needless to say, any and all wildlife within probably 1/2 mi heard me screaming as I frantically tried to get it off my head. See...once before, I had an incident with one of them jumping down my swimsuit top while swimming in a pool....so I didn't want any repeat performances... LOL.
I wanted to share this shot today because my daughter is a HUGE fan of frogs, so when I look at it, it reminds me of her and makes me smile :-). She will be coming home tonight from college - to spend the Mother's Day weekend with me. I'm very proud of her, as she just finished her first year of graduate school, studying Human Performance.
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After a bit of turning the leaf he was perched on round and round I was able to get a picture of his face. I still remember getting him on my finger and feeling his little toes on my skin. Not many things in life more wonderful than having a frog on your finger.
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An adult male calling among a large chorus after a passing thunderstorm in Alachua County, Florida.
I found this nice shot on one of my old memory cards. This one is a juvenile showing typical juvenile coloration. Even though they are called "gray" treefrogs, juveniles are usually bright green to help match their surrounding in late summer, when they metamorphose. This green coloration hides them well in duckweed (as they are metamorphosing) and then low shrubs and grass as they venture onto land. The two captive juveniles i keep now are gray, which is not as common as the green variety at this age.
Im not sure but am wondering if this is a Gray Treefrog. Taken through the glass of the back door. Mt Juliet, Tn.