Cope's Gray Tree Frog on Solomon Seal here in the
garden at Prairie Hill Farm
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Its a windy blustery day here at the studio and acreage...the kind of wind you'd get from a fan placed inside the oven and blowing into your face! Good grief its only early June and we already hit 100 degrees fahrenheit yesterday! The yard thermometer said 104 but the official Spencer temp was 100.
This morning I was watering some things in the vegetable garden and some newer flower beds and planters. With the wind so high I pulled the "sprinkler" spigot off the watering can and refilled from the rain barrels. Imagine the humorous surprise when I was watering the peppers and a Tree Frog popped out of the spigot with the water onto the plants! It looked quite surprised! At least it was hydrated. :)
The frog is a Copes' Gray Tree Frog and very common here and its a favorite of ours! (I say that so much for everything but it is what it is.) Both Georgie and I love the frogs and toads here.
This is the real beginning of the tree frog season here in the valley. We'll hear them in chorus with the Cricket Frogs for the next 3-4 weeks, then they'll be quiet (for the most part) for the rest of the summer. But we'll keep finding them here in the yard and around the buildings all summer long. Gotta love these little guys!
Watch your step and enjoy our small gifts!
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