Save the Frogs Day

Today is Save the Frogs Day. They don't seem to be disappearing here at Greene View Springs, but we are worried about them world wide.

The folks at Save the Frogs are working to educate people about the problem, and their site has some great background "music."

Our frogs have been active since late February this year. Each night we can hear them, sometimes even with the windows closed. I saw some at the pond yesterday while I was planting some bald cypress trees and water irises.

They include gray tree frogs but we haven't seen one yet this year, just heard them. The University of Michigan's Museum of Zoology has a page of pictures. Note how different they can be.

I'm trying to get the small pond finished before the tree frogs come looking for a site to lay their eggs like they did last June when they laid them in a 3-ft tall, tarp-lined trough.