2 Vettes, is your pond a natural pond or lined? I have heard that the frogs need to dig into the mud at the bottom . Right now we have a great big frog but today I trimmed all the plants back to nothing and he no longer has any place to hide and my pond is lined. So he may leave. The weather is supposed to be semi warm for another few days. I hope he leaves and has time to get to the river during that time. If I see him tomorrow, maybe I'll try to catch him and drive him down to the river. We're maybe a quarter of a mile away.