frog

PhotoFriday 1: Tree Frog

This entry was posted in amfibieën animal behaviour and tagged amphibean frog Hyla Arbora tree frog on by

The European Tree Frog (Hyla Arbora)   Did you know…… Tree frogs are wonderful barometers. Before a rain shower, they start croaking. So if you hear the tree frogs, you better unfold your umbrella!

A Resting tree frog on a rusty leaf
Meerkikker Pelophylax ridibundus Pool frog marsh frog

12. It’s a Frogs Life 3

This entry was posted in Amphibian animal animals Canon nature Nature Photography news photography photos rare red list Wildlife and tagged Amphibian blue courtship female frog male mating Moor frog Rana arvalis on by

Frogs are programmed quite simplistically: as soon as there’s any potential danger: dive! Logical enough, but a bit sad for the photographer the happy party ends as soon as (s)he enters… The enthusiastic quacking abruptly dies and the ditch looks as if there have never been any frogs and never […]

8. Blue Mission (searching for Moor Frogs) 4

This entry was posted in Amphibian animal animals art birds Canon nature Nature Photography news photography photos rare red list Wildlife and tagged amfibean amplexus bufo bufo canon common toad frog love mating Moor frog nature photography Rana arvalis reflectie reflection reflections tad on by

On one of the last winter days some colleague photographers and I plotted our new challenge: finding Blue Frogs. The rumour goes that for just a few days a year the male Moor frog dresses completely blue in order to seduce them frog ladies. So it’s just a matter of […]

And an even bluer one...