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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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! |
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"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 |
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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 |
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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! |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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"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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 ] |
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