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05.26.2023 The return of Frog Friday
As always, I cannot be sure how often Frog Friday will appear here depending on sightings. But I did see a couple on the 21st prior to the heron experience. Currently the water levels are high and that might bode … Continue reading
07.15.2022 Frog Friday
I have no idea if this is the same little guy I shot with the iPhone two FFs ago. They change color, hence the versicolor moniker, so that’s not a hint. At any rate, at least this one is in … Continue reading
08.13.2021 Frog Friday-mini model
I was chasing a moth in Brickyard Meadow last Saturday when I saw something not much larger than the moth on a sensitive fern leaf a few inches away. Although it was partially hidden under another overhanging leaf and I … Continue reading
10.16.2020 Fabulous Frog Friday Flashback For Frog Fans
I gave my usual frog haunts a couple of looksees at the end of the vacation week and found only one in a not very attractive setting. Not even Photoshop could make it share worthy so to the archives we … Continue reading
09.25.2020 Frog Friday
It’s getting a bit more difficult finding these guys between the waning season and our current drought lowering the water levels. Unfortunately, detritus and toxins don’t go away and as water evaporates from ponds the oxygen levels drop endangering pond … Continue reading
08.21.2020 Pickerel Frog Friday-a different species for a change
When I visited Moosehorn Pond this past Monday I noticed that the water’s edge had receded even farther than I had seen it previously. Our lack of rain has had a serious effect on levels everywhere with many brooks showing … Continue reading
07.31.2020 T.G.I.F.F.
I’ve been waiting all week for Frog Friday to return. Started the week on Monday with bullfrogs. Thought about bullfrogs all week. Ended the week on Friday with bullfrogs. Hope to spend the weekend with bullfrogs. 🙂
Posted in Animal Behavior, Closeup Photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts
Tagged American Bullfrog, amphibian, bubbles, bullfrog, bullfrog on lily pad, frog, Lithobates catesbeianus, Massachusetts, Moosehorn Road Pond, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, Quabbin, Rana catesbeiana, reflection, western massachusetts
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08.23.2016 Our property’s co-owner-well, one of them
The vast majority of us have this sense that we own the land we live on and it’s all ours. Not so, at least not in my opinion. Before we cleared the land, dug our foundations, erected a home, and planted … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Behavior, Fauna
Tagged amphibian, backyard, frog, Lithobates sylvaticus, Ranidae, wildlfie, wood frog
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07.19.2015 ‘nother frog
I like frogs and really like the color on this dude.
Posted in Closeup Photography, Fauna, Nature Photography
Tagged Amherst, bullfrog, frog, Lithobates catesbeianus, Massachusetts, New England, western massachusetts
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08.31.2014 Peeper
My yard is quite noisy with frogs, toads, crickets and katydids. Last night I went out with my flashlight to see if I could spot any of the choir in the act. Most all the sounds were coming from above … Continue reading
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