The first wood frog

Today’s entry at the Blog of Henry David Thoreau is about the first wood frog of the spring.

I don’t know how many people are familiar with these attractive and unusual frogs. I used to see them on hikes in the Adirondacks, often on a carpet of dry leaves far from any body of water. Their buff color (with a raccoon-like mask) gives them good camouflage. (The photo comes from the conservation site 10,000 Birds .)

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