Swimming Pool Frog

Sunday the family decided to start summer. We start summer by cleaning the pool and filling it up with water. In this process a lot of little critters get wasted by the cleanup and removal of the old sludge at the bottom of the pool (Photos To Follow). We move some of them out but the spiders and most of the smaller bugs meet their end. For some reason this does bother my heart, maybe I am just too soft?

This little guy was in the pool while I am filling the 55,000 gallons that the pool takes to be filled.

American green tree frog

The habitat of American green tree frogs is usually near lakes, farm ponds, floodplain sloughs, cattail marshes, or bald cypress swamps. They inhabit the southeastern United States and some areas to the north and west, including all of Florida,Alabama, southern Georgia, Louisiana, Delaware, eastern Maryland and Virginia, eastern North and South Carolina, eastern Texas, and areas extending along the Mississippi Valley to southern Illinois. They may possibly inhabit northeastern Mexico. They are also known to inhabit Vancouver Island in British Columbia in Canada.

This is a common backyard species that can often be seen at porch lights, where they may gather to look for insects to eat. During the day, the green tree frogs may be found resting on the plants beside the pond, or in empty flower pots.

Special Thanks To Keith for identifying this frog.

More later!