Frogs Only Please.....

[CountryEscape]

Surprise! Today I saw and photographed a very small frog, about 1" long. I have no idea what type of frog this is. Does anyone know? I have bullfrogs in abundance, but this little guy doesn't look to be a bullfrog. Maybe it's a small variety of frog. I have northern cricket frogs, but doesn't really look like that. Anyhow, thought he was a cute little bugger! Note, the lily pad he is on is 6-7" across, to give you a size comparison.

 

[addy1]

What a cutie! Great pictures too

 

[JBtheExplorer]

My largest Bullfrog just killed a bird. wow. I heard loud squawking and knew right away, because it was coming from the bog and he's been in the bog lately. By the time I got outside it was already dead. Thankfully only a Sparrow, but still... I won't be happy if he gets a goldfinch or something. Every sparrow on the block was watching, too.

 

[tbendl]

Arg I have a guy who's offered to come "gig" any bullfrogs when they get too big. Honestly I'm on the fence since I like the birds more than the bullfrog but hate the killing part. I suppose since he will eat the frog it should make me feel better but all it does is make me slightly nauseous.

 

[addy1]

I saw one bullfrog, it disappeared, now all I see are green frogs, lots of them.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

My Bullfrog has gone rogue. Two birds dead, and within the last 3 days, he's eaten three of my fish! After the first one disappeared I noticed he was bigger. I just went out before and noticed he was huge, and sure enough the other two are gone. I never thought he'd go for the fish. I'll be relocating him to a nearby pond as soon as I get the chance. Hopefully no more fish will be eaten by then. Can't blame him, he's just surviving, but he'll have to do it somewhere else.

 

[Lisak1]

Besides I'm still working on that buttering you up, you know for when you split that $125.00 lily

HEY! I just caught that comment! Watch your back T!

 

[Lisak1]

Two birds dead, and within the last 3 days, he's eaten three of my fish!

Once they start, they don't stop until they've wiped out the whole population in my experience. We had a big bullfrog early in June who ate every single smaller frog in our pond. Same thing - we would notice him getting bigger by the day and the small frogs disappearing one by one. Once they were all gone he moved on. Now we have small frogs again... and yesterday spotted a giant bullfrog.

Our bird eating bullfrog from a few summers ago pretty much rid our pond of birds for quite some time. He killed probably two dozen before he was done - and that's just the ones I fished out of the pond. Who knows how many he got down his throat?

These guys are smart - they're in the pondless waterfall where the big guy never goes. Looks like they are waiting to catch a bus! We saw seven total - must be lots of bug action!

 

[CountryEscape]

I fished out a dead sparrow from my goldfish pond and suspect the big bullfrog did that. Why do they kill them if they are not going to eat them? Stupid, if you ask me!
Today I got IN my goldfish pond, as I had knocked in a few rocks while pulling out the penny wart. Spotted a HUGE bullfrog, didn't know he was in there! At one point it jumped into the pond, as I was clearing out the bog where he was hiding. But, I had this leopard frog watching me from about 2' away, so yeah, I got out of the pond and back in with camera handy. LOL See how close I am to him in the second pic? That's my fingers just a few inches from him.

How many frogs do you see in this pic?

This little guy was hanging with me while I was in the pond, too. Saw a funny thing this afternoon. I tossed in a grasshopper, and the little bullfrog actually tried to sneak up on it, one leg at a time! It was hilarious, one let, then the other, then back legs one at a time. Then, he missed the grasshopper. I think this guy has been recipient of multiple grasshoppers over the past couple of weeks. They are trained, LOL, they come and watch me when I am out there.

 

[CountryEscape]

Addy, are those leopard frogs or green frogs? It just dawned on me they have the ridge like green frogs, but they also have spots, so I've always called them leopard frogs.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

@CountryEscape Your Leopard Frog looks different than what I'm used to seeing. I'm thinking it may be half Green Frog, half Leopard Frog.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Just caught my Bullfrog. I feel bad having to keep him in a container all night. Hate having to stress an animal out for that long. The nearby pond is in park so it's closed until sunrise. I'll have to get up bright and early.

 

[addy1]

Addy, are those leopard frogs or green frogs? It just dawned on me they have the ridge like green frogs, but they also have spots, so I've always called them leopard frogs.

The leopard frog's range does not come all the way to Frederick, it is more of a south/east maryland frog.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Saw seven Green Frogs in the bog this morning. They were all sitting in the sun warming up after the cool night we had.

 

[peter hillman]

Saw seven Green Frogs in the bog this morning. They were all sitting in the sun warming up after the cool night we had.

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Nice shots!