Frognuts.com is another way
to get to this site.
Try it! Click on the treefrog and you'll see the new "lobby" for this site (and you'll see the rest of this picture). By the way, treefrogs are fun photographic subjects because they're so mellow, cooperative ... and sticky-footed!
Try it! Click on the treefrog and you'll see the new "lobby" for this site (and you'll see the rest of this picture). By the way, treefrogs are fun photographic subjects because they're so mellow, cooperative ... and sticky-footed!
Through pea-sized hail !
Through pea-sized hail !
While you were sleeping — The night of March 13, 2012, looked like the right time: It had been very warm the past few weeks and the salamanders (and wood frogs, of course) just HAD to be ready to go on the very next rainy night. The rain started after midnight with thunderstorms ending in pea-sized hail! And off they went. This photo was taken at 2:20 am.
Salamander Night !
Salamander Night !
Quick hops
to other pages
A quick hop OUT of my shot!
Peeper season !
Late March and through April. If you don't live near a wetland with spring peepers, here's what people are talking about when they say the spring peepers are making a racket!
Ok fellas, now just hop onto the ruler so we can see how big — er, small — you are.
(Click the picture for an enlargement.)
(Click the picture for an enlargement.)
(Notice the different colors.) For other adventures in herding frogs — and toads — go .
A message from Frogshooter
One-hop "portal"
to all frog sounds
Frog-Shots.com has grown like a Jumanji vine, to the point where it needs a special OTHER website to point you to the various places where the frog sounds are! (A major site-wide cleanup and reorganization is coming.)
The first of MANY
portrait galleries
portrait galleries
Time-lapse review of 2010
Everything about vernal pools, with links to educational material, books, posters, T-shirts, and this book, which you MUST get if you are a pond person:
If you are interested in ponds (not just vernal pools) you must GET THIS BOOK! It's a treasure trove of photos and information about every possible critter, large and small, ordinary and weird, that you might find in a vernal pool or regular pond (except fish, which aren't present in vernal pools).
A Field Guide to the Animals of Vernal Pools
Links
Ensuring the global survival of amphibians, focusing on those that cannot currently be safeguarded in nature.
Everything amphibian — education, conservation,
global issues, calendars, books, T-shirts, inspiration...
if you are a frog nut, GO HERE !
global issues, calendars, books, T-shirts, inspiration...
if you are a frog nut, GO HERE !
New-age ark!
The big guys are back
Can you guess?
In 2003 I moved into a house with a pond in the back yard. Little did I know that it was bursting with frogs! I love critters of every kind, and I just happened to have a
that could do great closeup shots AND see in the dark — so that was the beginning of Frog Shots. Six years and many gigabytes later, my photo collection was spilling over from one hard drive to another, and it was high time to go public and share the bounty! Frog-shots.com was launched in May 2009.
that could do great closeup shots AND see in the dark — so that was the beginning of Frog Shots. Six years and many gigabytes later, my photo collection was spilling over from one hard drive to another, and it was high time to go public and share the bounty! Frog-shots.com was launched in May 2009.
I no longer live at the pond – but I’ve still got lots of frogging to do, maintaining and expanding this website. There's MUCH more coming – stay tuned!
Happy hopping!
— Frogshooter, 2021
— Frogshooter, 2021
What's going on here?
What's going on here?
... and go HERE !
Update watch
Last updated January 18, 2021
Thanks to all my visitors! Come back soon and look for the NEW tag that marks new items.
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Rebuild Progress
194 pages
TOTAL
2010
... or maybe something else!
Frog of the Day
Frog of the Day
"Frog of the Day" ran from July 2009 (when this website was launched) to April 2010. There are a lot of fun shots here that haven't yet been sorted onto their proper pages.
You can browse the archives by clicking on the little calendars
You can browse the archives by clicking on the little calendars
March
March
April
April
2009
July
July
August
August
September
September
October
October
November
November
194 pages done
Time Out
Time Out
This is a rebuild of the old website
Run the "slide show" at this link
(triangle button at upper right)
(triangle button at upper right)
(Just one!)
For more about this annual migration of yellow-spotted salamanders and wood frogs, visit .
For more peeper noise, visit .