Thursday, May 13, 2010



Sometimes you're lucky, and they just come to you. (Green Barking tree frog, Hyla cinerea gratiosa.)

Shortly after whining about being sick yesterday, I chipped my front tooth while biting my fingernail.

So, maybe I'm just frog-lucky.



I was going to say, "Doesn't he have a pretty eye?" But after staring at the close-up while doing the photo cropping, I'm finding it slightly creepy. A hypnotist's eye. Squinting and wide-open at the same time.

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Thanks to Swampy for correcting my ID!
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14 comments:

  1. Pablo7:06 AM

    I'm glad you're feeling better -- strong enuf to chip a toof even!

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  2. swamp4me5:31 PM

    Pretty, pretty! But are you sure it isn't a H. gratiosa instead of cinerea?

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  3. Rurality6:37 PM

    Thanks Pablo. :)

    Oh Swampy, thanks for correcting me. I kind of thought that id might be iffy, and clearly didn't investigate enough!

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  4. swamp4me7:00 PM

    We don't have the barking tree frogs here so I'm jealous of your find ;)

    And I am glad you're feeling better, too.

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  5. elizabeth11:54 AM

    I have never seen one of these in the wild! Very cool.

    Hope you feel better soon!

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  6. Ericka6:31 PM

    glad you're feeling better!

    it's the HYPNO-TOAD! um, frog. cool!

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  7. Lythrum4:28 PM

    I love having frog visitors. :) Glad you're feeling better, though it's too bad about the tooth.

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  8. R.Powers8:58 PM

    It's plumb Hoponotic!

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  9. Gail6:58 PM

    OUch! Hope you feel better soon. The frog is pretty cool.

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  10. Pamela9:49 PM

    you guys know those things about frogs??? WOW!

    I just know there are two of them really dueting or dualing in our little pond.

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  11. Anne-Marie11:02 PM

    The front photo is beautiful - no matter what type it is =)

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  12. lisa10:22 PM

    Very accurate description of the eye! Some things just look better from a distance (he's really cute otherwise :)

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  13. Lee5:20 PM

    I'm sure glad to catch up with you and your evocative images and delightful words; it's been a long time since Penny McHenry and I appeared together in Alabama. Keep posting!

    Cheers,
    Lee May

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  14. Anonymous11:54 PM

    good

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