Wednesday, October 8, 2014

The quacking light

Ho hum - BORING !!!!!  The weather man is forecasting rain EVERY day this week but we are still managing to sneak out between showers for little walks.  The only ones who seem to be enjoying all this wet  are the tree frogs who have been "quacking" up a storm. This is the first time we have seen them all summer and we thought maybe the crazy weather had upset them. Now even though the days have been warm and humid the nights have been getting quite chilly and this morning as Mom was doing some weeding she heard that familiar quacking (did you know tree frogs quack?) and went looking and there they were - two little tree frogs hugging the light to keep warm. How they managed to get up to the light is anyone's guess - it helps to have sticky little feet though.

Green and Yellow Froggies
And guess what - now you can hear them. Did you know tree frogs are called "herps" here is a page that has their strange sound on it - look for the word "description" and just under it you will see a little speaker symbol - just double click on it and you can hear them quacking!

The bigger of the two frogs is actually a yellowish color with a white stripe and the smaller one is a darker green with a white stripe. We couldn't get really good photos of them as it was hard to get the camera in behind the lamp where they were hiding. They both have the white strips so we are thinking they are same species just different color variations.  Mom has been happy all day knowing they are around - she LOVES tree frogs - weird huh!
You can just see the yellow froggie on the back glass
Mr Green Froggie

26 comments:

  1. I has froggies in my garden but I'm not allowed anywhere near them. Rats, I'm sure they'd like to play wiv me !
    Loves and licky kisses
    Princess Leah xxx

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  2. seems as though we're both being invaded by frogs! They're so cute!

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  3. They are truly beautiful. They're my Mum's favourite frogs too. Sure beat those cane toads in the beauty stakes, aye??

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  4. Those are some impressive frogs! We love frogs too (Pixie tries to play but Mamma says no way).

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  5. Wow you have the same weather as us but no frogs here sadly. Have a wonderful Wednesday.
    Best wishes Molly

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  6. Those frogs are so cool. I don't think we have anything like that around here
    Lily & Edward

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  7. i totally love your frogs even when they "forequack" storms. I heard them, it sounds a little like a barking goose lol.

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  8. OMD we only hear "Frogs" in the SPRING here.

    HEY we heard a funny FROG Joke on TV last night...
    What happens when a Frog parks in a NO Parking Zone???

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    He gets TOAD. BaaaaWaaaah.

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  9. Hmmmm...maybe I could sniff one just to see.

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  10. We had a lot of rain last week and more coming tomorrow. Last week Mom had to go out in the dark to see what Lightning was stalking. It was a GIGANTIC tree frog, but it was too dark for the flashy beast to get a shot of it. Mom is hoping Lightning didn't lick it - he was just standing there and barking and barking at it. Mom had to get a plastic bag and pick it up - ewwwww - and move it outside the fence. He was really ugly.

    Woos - Phantom, Ciara, and Lightning

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  11. OMP - how awesome my friend. I love these frogs. We have some down below our backyard in the 'swamp'. You can hear them really loud at night. And sometimes, we get them on our storm door. We haven't seen any yet this year. Why do you ask I know this? Because I haven't heard mommy screaming from them jumping out of nowhere at her - snorts. XOXO - Bacon

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  12. Scientists say if there are frogs then the earth is healthy. Guess that goes for cold frogs....

    We can't imagine a yellow frog. Ours are like the Mr Green.

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  13. How Cool! We have never seen a frog, let alone a frog that quacks!
    hugs
    Mr bailey & Hazel

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  14. We heard that you should never lick a frog. Just saying. Not sure what happens if you do butt probably something not good.

    Your Pals,

    Murphy & Stanley

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  15. You weren't kidding those are frogs! Mom remembers driving through a sea of frogs on the highway it was probably Arkansas. Squish. Love Dolly

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  16. Never seen a tree Frog, ain't got none here just regular old brownish nasty pee on you ground frogs! they love to hide out in the garage, where they get hot and poop everywhere!

    The Mad Scots

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  17. Our mom remembers the tree frogs when she lived in Louisiana for a few of her younger years. She always loved them ☺

    Love ya lots♥
    Mitch and Molly

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  18. Wow, those are soooo cool! We all love froggies and toadies here in my house. Mom's going all squeeeee for your cute frogs.
    BTW: A big groan to Frankie for that rotten joke. BOL
    We have Spring Peepers here and they go peep-peep-peep. It's music to our ears in early Spring. :)
    Grr and Woof,
    Sarge, Pol Comm

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  19. Seriously, HOW did those little bitty frogs get up there?! I bet they are super cute to see.
    oxox
    Daisy

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  20. Our tree frogs are so loud! I like to watch frogs but only at a few feet away! ☺

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  21. OMD! How pawsome! We hope the weather eases up soon.
    Wally & Sammy

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  22. Oh, what could we do if we had sticky feets?!?! The possibilities are endless!!! The tree rats would be defeated!

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  23. Is it not amazing that they could tell that they could get heat from your outside light. They are smart little guys.
    Bentley

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  24. Yikes! Mom doesn't like frogs at all! She would be very unhappy if we had lots of frogs here!

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Thank you for woofing at us - we read each and every one of them