A Hyla versicolor on my canoe!!!

[Don in SJ]

LOL, I was staining some windows this morning and as I was taking a break, I walked past my canoe and was looking at how the pollen is just coating everything today, so I had to move the windows inside to finish staining, but when I looked at the canoe, there was this gray blob sitting on the gunwale.

A Northern Gray Treefrog,(scientific name Hyla versicolor) cool, they sing here from Spring to early fall and usually are in the trees and you do not spot them, but occasionally one will be on the side of the house, but that is rare. So I grabbed my camera and got some pics.

I believe he is all huddled up due to the temps being in the low 40's this morning. I tried picking him up, but I guess his suction cup feet were holding on tight, since he did not want to move, so I let him/her be.

Northern Gray Treefrogs are cool, in that they are Chameleon like. They can be gray, gray black or even a bright green! This one was in its normal color but I guess it was trying to match the aluminum of the canoe. If he moves to the nearby Liliacs I hope I see him, since he will then change to green and that would be nice to photograph..............

I included a couple photos of the pollen that has accumulated on my truck since last night, I would have thought the two inches of rain we had would have knocked down the pollen amounts, but I guess the trees are really just opening up now, so later on today it will be much worst, but more rain on the way so that will help.

Don

 

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[Cynangyl]

lol obviously he was very content right there on the canoe! Those pictures of the pollen on your truck make my eyes and nose start itching just looking at them! yikes!

 

[bbqbull]

lol obviously he was very content right there on the canoe! Those pictures of the pollen on your truck make my eyes and nose start itching just looking at them! yikes!

Jeeze, I thought the pollen got thick here in Michigan.
I would be a mess with my nose running like a faucet and eyes watering like I was a cryin.

 

[wesfrye53]

Don,

How ya doing Buddy?

The pic of the frog is great but you got my curiosity up regarding the "staining of windows"

 

[COUNTRY GIRL]

That frog is cool, I hope we get to see him turn green too, neat! The pollen is nasty this year. We have a whole lot to try and keep clean. Get a car clean for delivery and an hour later it is yellow, black is the worst.

 

[Copperhead]

Ohhhh....why didn't you just say "grey blob" in the first place... ...neat pics...Interesting creature ...looks more like a toad than a frog....

 

[wesfrye53]

Don,

I'm pretty sure I have the same little critters that like to hang out under my skimmer covers on the pool. I'll probably open it in a week or two and then I'll check to see. When you mentioned "northern" it kinda threw me but if my memory isn't totally gone yet, I believe they may be the same species.

 

[Blythe_Spirit_50]

Very cute little guy. There is some kind of strange stuff on the sidewalks around here, looks like wet sand, maybe it is the pollen, as well, that dried like that after a heavy rain we had, never noticed it before.