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Posted by anita55 (My Page) on

Fri, Jun 1, 07 at 22:08

Hi folks, new here, need some advice. while my husband and I have been debating when to uncover and open our pool, some frogs have taken up residence out there. They are sort of chirping, and the closest I could find to this on the web is a gray treefrog. I can here them singing quite loudly at night, and this evening I went out with a flashlight and watched them on the pool cover. I'm delighted to see frogs around BUT I don't want them on my pool cover. What do we do now? Any suggestions? Thanks

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Posted by anita55 (My Page) on
Sun, Jun 3, 07 at 20:49

We decided to clean all the mucky water off the pool cover so the frogs might move on to more suitable breeding grounds. As we were working I could hear a frog "singing" very close to me. I started carefully searching and I found this little guy in an upturned fold in the edge of the pool cover. He was quite accomodating about letting me take his photo (do you think he was scared senseless?)

Anyway, I'm pretty sure he is a Gray Tree Frog, do you agree? and will he move out of the fold on his own, or do you think I should move him from there to a tree or down to the lake? Opinions please.

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Posted by day_by_day (My Page) on
Mon, Jun 4, 07 at 12:06

What a chubby! I bet he's eatin' all the skeeters at your place. I'd keep him around.

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Posted by furnone (My Page) on
Tue, Jun 5, 07 at 23:42

I'm almost certain it's a Spring Peeper. Check this photo and link from the University of Rhode Island. It describes the chirping we hear around our pool and the other characteristics of the one I found.

Here is a link that might be useful: Spring Peeper at URI

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Posted by day_by_day (My Page) on
Wed, Jun 6, 07 at 20:23

Sticking with Gray.

Here is a link that might be useful: Gray

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Posted by anita55 (My Page) on
Wed, Jun 6, 07 at 21:41

we have peepers and this doesn't sound like a peeper. I'm not an expert by any means but I do think it's a gray tree frog.

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Posted by day_by_day (My Page) on
Wed, Jun 6, 07 at 23:10

Peepers sound like jingle bells.

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