Treefrogs calling all summer if conditions right

With the heat, comes the Cope's gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis). 

Actually I think they prefer temps in the 80s, not 90s, but we seemed to have become 20 degrees warmer overnight.

At the nature center the petite gray frog breeds and calls—a deep guttural gerrrrrrrrrrrit—from May to August. The isolated males start calling long before the females are interested, although both soon migrate to temporary ponds and pools to get to know one another.

At Ijams look for them around the small ponds at the Homesite, including the Secret Pond west side of the sanctuary.

As their name and their coloration suggest. They hide in plain sight, clinging to tree bark. 

- Text by Stephen Lyn Bales. Photo by Patrick Coin.