Wild Wild Woods

. . .  like a rubber toy in rocks near the pond.  But it sounds exactly like a frog! The Green Frog is widely present in the eastern half of...

Leopard Frogs Lithobates pipiens   who live in our pond may travel one or two miles from water in the summer.  You might hear them make a lo...

Usually, the frogs who live here sit on shore hiding among grasses looking for prey insects or invertebrates. But when a rock is available, ...

This Gray Treefrog Hyla versicolor can change colors.  Part of its Latin name is versicolor, meaning 'to turn color'.  Any treefrog...

Mornings near the pond are so peaceful, with the birds singing and the breeze rustling through the grasses and reeds.  Then you notice the...

Green Heron tried to lure fish by picking up floating bits of vegetation and throwing them out on the water.  This bird is able to use tools...

Green Herons look small and stocky (pictured here), until one is hunting for a meal on the shore of the pond.  Then they stretch their nec...

The sun was low in the west behind us.   We thought it was a yellow flower floating in the middle of the pond.  Then, it seemed to b...

This morning, after 7 inches of rain fell overnight, the pond is higher than usual and some of the shoreline around it is under water....

  Deep in the nearly-empty rain barrel, a Gray Treefrog Hyla versicolor clings with its suction-cup feet.   Tree frogs can clim...