Especially without a macro lens, he (or she) is not easy to photograph to say the least and proved well-camouflaged and elusive to a fault, whenever the camera was to hand - but here are my best efforts achieved while balanced perilously on the rocks at the edge of the pond. Fortunately for both frog and me, H's rockery construction held up well!
I am hoping that he (or she) will not be lonely for long and that a mate may arrive to join him (or her) and frogspawn / tadpoles will result.
At the bottom of the pond lurks a most beautiful green tench, about six inches long, when we last saw him, given to us by a friend. I hope he does not have a taste for jelly babies or never mind the "cat and her kittens" or the "lily-white duck" of the rhyme, our new frog's nursery plans may not come to anything. Here's hoping all will go well, froggy.
We found some frogspawn and a frog yesterday and hope our lily white duck doesn't devour the lot.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! This frog who has arrived in our pond is quite a beefy customer so might give the lily white duck a run for her money but one never knows!
ReplyDeleteIn Spring, we cannot walk in our garden for tiny little toads. We find them in the house too. The nearest proper pond is quite a distance, so I suspect that they come from an undisturbed big puddle. I hope your toad/frog finds company soon.
ReplyDeleteI think your frog might be male! I have a friend who has a pair of frogs in his pond at the moment - frogspawn too - and the female frog is a quite a bright red colour. The male in his pond looks like the frog in in your pics.
ReplyDeleteThank you - that sort of fits with my hunch. I will look out for a "lady in red"!
DeleteI think you did a very good job of photographing him!
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