Frogs OT
 

After reading about everyone else's frogs arriving, I am pleased to say
that Bas saw two in the pond this morning. However, he says - and I
can only take his word for this - that one of them is white and pink. I
have never heard of this. Are there such things as albino frogs? I
wouldn't have thought so. OTOH, it could have some sort of disease.
Has anyone seen this before, please, and do we need to do anything to
deal with it?

TIA
--
June Hughes

Frogs OT
 

On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 08:32:55 +0000
June Hughes wrote:

After reading about everyone else's frogs arriving, I am pleased to say
that Bas saw two in the pond this morning. However, he says - and I
can only take his word for this - that one of them is white and pink. I
have never heard of this. Are there such things as albino frogs? I
wouldn't have thought so. OTOH, it could have some sort of disease.
Has anyone seen this before, please, and do we need to do anything to
deal with it?


I've seen albino frogs now and again. Apparently not uncommon:

http://allaboutfrogs.org/weird/strange/albino.html

No frogs yet here in Normandy, too b***dy cold. Saw a toad
the other day, though. Will spring never put in an appearance? :(

-E
--
Emery Davis
You can reply to ecom
by removing the well known companies

Frogs OT
 

In message , June Hughes
writes
After reading about everyone else's frogs arriving, I am pleased to say
that Bas saw two in the pond this morning. However, he says - and I
can only take his word for this - that one of them is white and pink.
I have never heard of this. Are there such things as albino frogs? I
wouldn't have thought so. OTOH, it could have some sort of disease.
Has anyone seen this before, please, and do we need to do anything to
deal with it?

Sorry to follow my own post. I found a children's frog page on the net
and it would appear to be an albino frog after all and Bas wasn't
imagining things.
--
June Hughes

Frogs OT
 

Emery Davis wrote:
No frogs yet here in Normandy, too b***dy cold. Saw a toad
the other day, though. Will spring never put in an appearance? :(

They were planting their spuds in Nantes last week end in their
t.shirts!

Frogs OT
 

"La Puce" wrote in message
oups.com...

Emery Davis wrote:
No frogs yet here in Normandy, too b***dy cold. Saw a toad
the other day, though. Will spring never put in an appearance? :(

They were planting their spuds in Nantes last week end in their
t.shirts!


My frogs are still wearing winter woollies

Frogs OT
 

In message , Emery Davis
writes
On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 08:32:55 +0000
June Hughes wrote:

After reading about everyone else's frogs arriving, I am pleased to say
that Bas saw two in the pond this morning. However, he says - and I
can only take his word for this - that one of them is white and pink. I
have never heard of this. Are there such things as albino frogs? I
wouldn't have thought so. OTOH, it could have some sort of disease.
Has anyone seen this before, please, and do we need to do anything to
deal with it?


I've seen albino frogs now and again. Apparently not uncommon:

http://allaboutfrogs.org/weird/strange/albino.html

No frogs yet here in Normandy, too b***dy cold. Saw a toad
the other day, though. Will spring never put in an appearance? :(

-E
As a lab owner I am required to walk a lot and therefore see the trees
every day in their various states of bud. They are coming on but things
are far behind last year.
--
June Hughes

Frogs OT
 

June Hughes wrote:
As a lab owner I am required to walk a lot and therefore see the trees
every day in their various states of bud. They are coming on but things
are far behind last year.

Absolutely. As much as we had a late season, dragging well into
November, everything seem to be so slow to wake up. As a Tervurenes
owner ;o) I can see every day twice a day (the third time he does it)
that the trees shape are softening by the appearance of the buds, but
it's not really that yet.

It's warming up next week. Hooray!

Frogs OT
 

In message , Emery Davis
writes
On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 08:32:55 +0000
June Hughes wrote:

After reading about everyone else's frogs arriving, I am pleased to say
that Bas saw two in the pond this morning. However, he says - and I
can only take his word for this - that one of them is white and pink. I
have never heard of this. Are there such things as albino frogs? I
wouldn't have thought so. OTOH, it could have some sort of disease.
Has anyone seen this before, please, and do we need to do anything to
deal with it?


I've seen albino frogs now and again. Apparently not uncommon:

http://allaboutfrogs.org/weird/strange/albino.html

No frogs yet here in Normandy, too b***dy cold. Saw a toad
the other day, though. Will spring never put in an appearance? :(

I have now seen our frog for myself. It isn't white but a dusty pink
colour, with a white under-belly and four black spots about 1cm in
diameter. The others are just a normal dirty green.
--
June Hughes

Planning for Summer (was Frogs OT)
 

Emery Davis wrote in
:

No frogs yet here in Normandy, too b***dy cold. Saw a toad
the other day, though. Will spring never put in an appearance? :(

Spring? Wuzzat? LOL

It is snowing here as I write this. Snow is still knee deep in
the undrifted meadows. We're supposed to have several days in
a row above freezing next week. I'll have a young man with a
good back over to shovel the snow away from the uphill side of
the barn (second time this year) to keep the thaw from flooding
the barn (20 X 25 foot) floor.

I intend to significantly enlarge my personal vegitable garden
this year, though with not much of a lower back remaining I
won't be able to run my TroyBilt tiller any longer. That will
make it to eBay soon. Last weekend I purchased a TG-72 to
handle the problem.

http://www.kingkutter.com/WholeGood.asp?item=Tiller

I *almost* regret that ground preparation with this machine
will take less than an hour this year including the enlarged
(formerly unbroken) area.

Photos later in the season.

Frogs OT
 

June Hughes wrote:

In message , Emery Davis
writes
On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 08:32:55 +0000
June Hughes wrote:

After reading about everyone else's frogs arriving, I am pleased to say
that Bas saw two in the pond this morning. However, he says - and I
can only take his word for this - that one of them is white and pink. I
have never heard of this. Are there such things as albino frogs? I
wouldn't have thought so. OTOH, it could have some sort of disease.
Has anyone seen this before, please, and do we need to do anything to
deal with it?


I've seen albino frogs now and again. Apparently not uncommon:

http://allaboutfrogs.org/weird/strange/albino.html

No frogs yet here in Normandy, too b***dy cold. Saw a toad
the other day, though. Will spring never put in an appearance? :(

I have now seen our frog for myself. It isn't white but a dusty pink
colour, with a white under-belly and four black spots about 1cm in
diameter. The others are just a normal dirty green.

Red Leg disease can result in some very odd colouring. I've come across
frogs in rainbow colors which, I assume, are suffering. Quite brite
yellows and strong pinks.

Equally, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that some frog colouration
relates to contact with garden fertilizers and pesticides ....
--
Larry Stoter

Frogs OT
 

In message , Larry
Stoter writes
June Hughes wrote:


I have now seen our frog for myself. It isn't white but a dusty pink
colour, with a white under-belly and four black spots about 1cm in
diameter. The others are just a normal dirty green.

Red Leg disease can result in some very odd colouring. I've come across
frogs in rainbow colors which, I assume, are suffering. Quite brite
yellows and strong pinks.

Equally, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that some frog colouration
relates to contact with garden fertilizers and pesticides ....
Well, for the record, I don't use either fertilisers or pesticides. The
frog was a pale, dusty pink, so I assume, perhaps incorrectly, that it
is albino.
--
June Hughes

Frogs OT
 

"June Hughes" wrote in message
...
In message , Larry
Stoter writes
June Hughes wrote:


I have now seen our frog for myself. It isn't white but a dusty
pink
colour, with a white under-belly and four black spots about 1cm
in
diameter. The others are just a normal dirty green.

Red Leg disease can result in some very odd colouring. I've come
across
frogs in rainbow colors which, I assume, are suffering. Quite brite
yellows and strong pinks.

Equally, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that some frog
colouration
relates to contact with garden fertilizers and pesticides ....
Well, for the record, I don't use either fertilisers or pesticides.
The
frog was a pale, dusty pink, so I assume, perhaps incorrectly, that
it
is albino.

I have a copy of a lithoprint dated 1908 showing grey, brown and pink
frogs.
The original is held by the Ray Society, publishers of UK natural
history works.
So, maybe it is not a recent phenomenon.
And, incidentally our (mid Lincs) frogs started spawning last night.

--
ned

http://www.bugsandweeds.co.uk
latest update 16.03.2006

Frogs OT
 

"June Hughes" wrote in message
...
In message , June Hughes
writes


Sorry to follow my own post. I found a children's frog page on the net
and it would appear to be an albino frog after all and Bas wasn't
imagining things.
--
June Hughes

Could you give the address of the site, please June

Many thanks
Daphne

Frogs OT
 

In message , Daphne Dean
writes

"June Hughes" wrote in message
...
In message , June Hughes
writes


Sorry to follow my own post. I found a children's frog page on the net
and it would appear to be an albino frog after all and Bas wasn't
imagining things.
--
June Hughes

Could you give the address of the site, please June

Many thanks
Daphne


Http://web.ukonline.co.uk/conker/pond-dip/frogs.htm

HTH
--
June Hughes

Frogs OT
 

In message , ned writes


I have a copy of a lithoprint dated 1908 showing grey, brown and pink
frogs.
The original is held by the Ray Society, publishers of UK natural
history works.
So, maybe it is not a recent phenomenon.
And, incidentally our (mid Lincs) frogs started spawning last night.


Albino frogs are quite common in one part of Reading, but I live a
couple of miles away and have never seen one.
Does anyone know whether the tadpoles are pink too?

--
Sue ]:(:)