Pacific Tree Frogs, everywhere

[trystinn]

We're finding a rather large amount of frogs on the property lately. While not unheard of (some of you will remember one jumping out at me one day when I headed into the hay barn, scaring me silly), there does seem to be a lot more of them lately.

As one of our neighbors has a little pond, I assume they are coming from there.



Handsome little frogs, too.

Comments

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Awww! So cute! I wish we got ones like that here. There might be a lot of princes walking around if that were the case, though, because I'd be tempted to kiss them all. :)

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Random: I was just looking at the Jones Soda website, and saw that your icon is one of their labels!

[tryst-inn.livejournal.com]

Oh dear Gods, when did that happen?

Shit. Its one of my faves, the default actually.

[wild-heart.livejournal.com]

It would seem that you've got an important little critter there.

From Wikipedia:
Regional importance

In 2007, the pacific chorus "tree" frog was named the state frog of the State of Washington. The tree frog is also a very important in all of the regions where it is found because it is a keystone species. Many other species such as garter snakes depend upon its abundance as a prey item for their survival.

[tryst-inn.livejournal.com]

Aw so nice to have visiting dignitaries at the Inn, we haven't had any here since your visit in May. *wink*

[man-of-snows.livejournal.com]

We usually find one of these buggers on our porch each summer. This year we found three within a few days of one another. Tonight before reading this, on started croaking in the driveway. I love these frogs. We don't have them in Montana!

[tryst-inn.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure what kind of frogs we had in NY, but every year they would take over the neighborhood. I literally would fill buckets of them just to get out the door every morning. You couldn't walk or drive anywhere without killing thousands of them.

It was, as you can imagine, horribly depressing.

This is a much nicer experience.