When a green frog is at water’s edge and someone or something approaches, it will leap into the safety of the water with a “plop” and let out a startled squawk. This alarmed squawk led to the green frog being called the “screaming frog”. I learned this on the Wildlife of CT site and was…
Category: Summer
Summer Hoppers
As a little girl, all summer long (or should I say short as it was never long enough for a kid glad to be out of school) my friends and I would play for hours in the fields and woods of my elementary school which we could walk to. I LOVE neighborhood schools! No matter…
Mow the Pond?
Yep, it’s that time of year again. The pond dries up. Feel free to take rocks, sticks and trash (!) out of the “pond” and make it clean and ready for when the rains come. Yes, the rains will come and the pond will fill back up and the birds will come to swim &…