how did he get there?

[kamala]

I go out every night with my flash light and do a head count.  DH likes to tease me about it, but the other night, he was the one to run for the camera.  I couldn't find Jebidiah anywhere and while walking from my water garden back to the turtle/fish pond, a glow on the table on turtle island caught my eye.  We didn't get very close, I was afraid to scare him and cause him to jump in a panic. 


   seems crazy to me.  this is the table he was on.

I assume he jumped up the waterfall, to the chair, to the table.
He obviously got down safely, I spotted him in one of the ponds two nights later.

[Mikey]

Training for the British Olympics.... 

[Esther]

I had the same question about a resident frog two summers ago. I discovered him in the Skippy. That was the summer we had the terrible Japanese Beetle invasion. I would catch them off the tree by the Skippy and feed them to Freddie.

[frogman3]

Whew I'm glad to hear a least one other adult checks on their frogs at night. If I don't find them the first go round I check again before bed time. I have three adults, my largest male has been missing the last three nights and I hope he is just out looking for larger prey and returns soon cause there are no other ponds or streams in hopping distance.

[kamala]

I love looking for my frogs.  I have just the one bullfrog, and I bought 20 native chorus frog tadpoles this summer.  I see a couple from time to time, but full grown they are less than 2 inches.  A little harder to spot!  We are just waiting for this winter to see if they start ribbiting. 
I hope yours shows up soon.  I've gone as long as a week without spotting my bullfrog, I was quite worried.

[karen J]

Awww. He was waiting for you to serve him some fly tea and fly appetizers.  Your ponds are very pretty!

[marla]

Awww. He was waiting for you to serve him some fly tea and fly appetizers.  Your ponds are very pretty!

  , Karen I was thinking almost the same thing.
 I have sooooo many frogs it would be to hard to keep track of them all, but I do enjoy them.....my grandson enjoys them even more.   Hmmmm why would they start ribbiting in the winter, ours are much more vocal in the spring for mating.

[kamala]

Hi Marla,

The mating season for the chorus frog here starts in November.  I thought that was strange too, but thats what the calif. wildlife site says.  Hopefully I will get to confirm this. 
here is one of the little ones.

[ponderer]

I don't go out at night to see frogs. Just the tadpoles. With a flashight , they are so easy to see. In the daytime they are invisible!

[Jerry]

My frogs vanish.  I have one I can see at night, but can't get nearly as close as you.
It could be a toad too, but I don't think so.