This was one of the rare times I have spotted a frog; usually if they are around I hear a “splash” after they have jumped into the water or they are totally camoflaged. This one was not quite hiding in duckweed that was more brown than the usual green.
Donnelley Wildlife Management Area, SC
October 28, 2023
I hardly ever see frogs out in the swamps. Occasionally I hear a splash that seems like it could be a frog, but couldn’t swear to it.
Friday I saw two! This first one was perched on a tree stump.
And this fellow was all about the green: mustache, moss, and umbrella foliage.
Francis Beidler Forest, SC
April 14, 2023
I spotted this sun drenched Camellia bloom way down the trail I was walking.
As I was photographing it I realized I was being watched:
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
March 30, 2023
I wasn’t sure… I’d photographed around this statue before, mostly flowers and insects…could I have missed a frog as part of the installation?
I walked around this little pond several times…
…the frog never moved. The frog was not there when I went back yesterday to see the azaleas, so he must have been the real deal.
With only a 100mm lens with me I couldn’t get far enough away to get an image of the whole pond.
Middleton Place, Charleston, SC
February 15, 2023
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
September 12, 2022
An assortment of Tree Frogs has been hanging out with my back yard flowers all summer and Elephant Ear stems have been a favorite spot to snooze.
The Black-eyed Susan made a nice backdrop.
Going…
going…
going…
…one last peak and I’m gone…
Fresh out of the water with a bit of duck weed attached this frog nestled into the pondside detritus.
Bulls Island is a 5000 acre barrier island off the coast of South Carolina with multiple ecosystems including maritime forest, fresh and brackish water impoundments and salt marsh.
April 2, 2022
Tree Frogs pick some risky places to hang out. This one was in plain sight and could easily be picked off by a clever bird.
However, there weren’t any birds about that I saw so his bigger risk might have been falling into the river.
From a different angle the frog looked like he had some more secure choices for his next leap.
