MASTER OF CAMOUFLAGE


Gray Tree Frog (Hyla versicolor)

As its latin name implies, the Gray Tree Frog is able to change colors from gray to green, depending on the substrate where they sit. This little guy announced his presence with loud calls from our flower bed in the front yard. We hear several tree frogs in our woods since a few weeks and sometimes they choose the house plants we have outside as their residence during the summer. This one is a male because the females don’t call.

NEW TENANT


As reported here in my blog the young House Wrens left the nest box July 27. Well, a new tenant has moved in and takes advantage of the free rent. One of our Gray Tree Frogs (German: Laubfrosch) seems to enjoy the view from the entrance hole. I saw him already twice and having a safe “summer cabin”, hanging high up and located between two bird baths, is indeed not the worst choice a little frog can make… 😊