window peepers
 

very funny now to find froggies on the
windows at night getting bugs.

i can now retire the list of strange
window noise suspects over the years and
put most of them down as tree froggies.

i'm glad to see them about. a week ago
there was one on the patio door that was
so loud that i thought it was in the house.
got up to find it and scoot it outside, but
it wasn't to be found. got quiet.

a few days later i hear a noise on the
window and look up to see a silouette of
a froggie as it was going after bugs. didn't
get a picture.

sometimes i've thought it was bats getting
moths or bugs, other times i thought it was
raccoons playing around, but i've never been
able to catch the noise maker in the act before.

after finding the tree froggie on the roof
last year the clue plane finally buzzed me
enough and i'm convinced. i don't know where
they hide out during the day. Ma said she had
one in the lid of the propane tank, but i didn't
get a chance to see it. no picture.

tonight there was one on the window above
the kitchen sink. couldn't get a picture of
that one either. i tried. they have good night
vision. it went away once i approached with
the camera.

i'm happy with what i'm doing here to make
more spaces for frogs, but as of yet i haven't
been able to get the population of toads to
increase. no lack of bugs, but a definite lack
of quiet water for egg laying, hatching and
tadpoles. plus we do have plenty of snakes
about. wish the snakes would eat the
chipmunks, but when you are trying to build a
web of life you sometimes don't get to say
exactly what eats what.


songbird

window peepers
 

On 7/14/2013 12:41 AM, songbird wrote:
very funny now to find froggies on the
windows at night getting bugs.

got any weed?

window peepers
 

songbird wrote:

....
tonight there was one on the window above
the kitchen sink. couldn't get a picture of
that one either. i tried. they have good night
vision. it went away once i approached with
the camera.

ha! got a picture of it later:

http://www.anthive.com/fun/100_8029_Window_Peeper.jpg


songbird

window peepers
 

On Monday, July 15, 2013 7:13:00 AM UTC-7, songbird wrote:
songbird wrote:



...

tonight there was one on the window above

the kitchen sink. couldn't get a picture of

that one either. i tried. they have good night

vision. it went away once i approached with

the camera.



ha! got a picture of it later:


http://www.anthive.com/fun/100_8029_Window_Peeper.jpg


songbird

Frogs are supposed to be the amphibious equivalent of the canary in the coal mine. Any conclusions to be drawn from this (new?) phenomenon?

HB

window peepers
 

Higgs Boson wrote:
....
Frogs are supposed to be the amphibious
equivalent of the canary in the coal mine.
Any conclusions to be drawn from this (new?)
phenomenon?

i would hope it is a sign that my efforts
the past few years have started to pay off.

- increasing green cover and diversity of
plants

- reducing pesticides (not used any the
past few years)

- increasing wet/damp spaces


this tree froggy must be very brave...

the house gets no shade from 11am on and the
window where that froggy was hanging out is in a
field stone wall facing west (surrounded by cement,
crushed limestone and little cover for 20-40ft)
the only water source is the birdbath about 30ft
from that window. it must be getting most of the
water it needs from dew fall.

not sure yet where it might be hanging out
during the day. there's a few rocks along the
bottom of the wall, but perhaps it goes to the
shady side of the fireplace up top. i did find
a tree frog up there last summer:

http://www.anthive.com/fun/100_6906_Where.jpg
http://www.anthive.com/fun/100_6909_Tree_FrogA.jpg
http://www.anthive.com/fun/100_6910_Tree_FrogB.jpg

dunno if it is the same one...

the pine tree might also be a spot for it,
but that's a long ways from the kitchen window
(and that roof gets hot!).

90+F for most of this week. i wouldn't want to
be a froggy.


songbird