Roads End Naturalist

Exploring the natural world as we wander at the end of the road


Tag: green treefrog

  • Yard Mystery

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    Experience suggests it doesn’t matter so much how you got here, as what you do after you arrive. ~Lois McMaster Bujold I took this photo of a Green Treefrog (Hyla cinerea) in May of 2006. I was walking around the yard looking for insects to photograph and stumbled upon this frog, backlit on a Tulip Read more…

  • October Surprises

    The surprise is that you continue to be surprised. ~Jill A. Davis I interrupt the truck camping travelogue posts to bring you some current yard sightings. We have been gone quite a bit the past couple of months so the “yard” has taken on more of a jungle look. On Friday, I started some long Read more…

  • Nice Earring

    All walking is discovery. On foot we take the time to see things whole. ~Hal Borland On a recent walk in the South Carolina Low Country, I spied a bright patch of color clinging to a limb on a blueberry bush – a Green Treefrog. I love the way these guys clutch vegetation during the Read more…

  • Growing Up Green

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    Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises. ~Pedro Calderon de la Barca Just finished a very wet weekend with a wonderful family from the Netherlands down at Pocosin Lakes and Alligator River National Wildlife refuges. Since it was raining most of Friday afternoon, I didn’t even take Read more…

  • Surprise Visitor

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    Frogs are strange creatures. One would describe them as peculiarly wary and timid, another as equally bold and imperturbable. All that is required in studying them is patience. ~Henry David Thoreau My plans to post on moths during National Moth Week have been easily waylaid – it appears as though I am easily distracted whenever Read more…

  • Trip Report, Part 1: Pocosin Lakes-Mattamuskeet

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    I am in the middle of leading two  trips to my favorite places in NC – Pocosin Lakes and Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuges. This is a brief visual report on the first. Last week, I had four great folks from the Raleigh area join me for a wildlife viewing trip. We started at Pocosin Lakes Read more…