Calling Ms Peron

A distinctive long reverberating call from the pond outside the office last night had to be checked out to see if I had identified the maker of the noise.

Sure enough there was a Peron's Tree Frog Litoria peronii sitting on the floating azolla fern, calling to try and get a mate to join in the activity.
No sign of success this morning as the pond is bare of any egg mass.
The recent rain has increased the frog activity so I expect to get some more frog sightings whilst the vegetation has plenty of moisture. I can hear a couple of Dwarf Tee Frogs outside as I do this blog.

Outside looking in.

A very hot and humid night just the weather for lots of bugs to be attracted by the lights from inside and this makes for perfect hunting conditions for tree frogs.
This Peron's Tree Frog Litoria peronii came splat on the window and was then content to survey the scene for any potential dinner.

With the mail

When I collected the mail today I found the box occupied not only by mail, but also visitor that I am sure didn't arrive with the postie.

 The weather has changed to not only wet but cold so this character found quite a good spot to keep a bit warmer. One of our regularly seen tree frogs, Peron's Tree Frog Litoria peronii are common throughout NSW and across the borders into Qld & Victoria. Their colouring is quite variable from greyish through to dark brown with their most striking colouring being yellow and black markings behind the thighs, groin and armpits and the emerald green spots not always as evident as on this guy.

peronii eye

Another look at one of our friendly frogs, Litoria peronii, Peron's Tree Frog which I found in a bucket of rain water that I wanted to empty to try and reduce our mosquito population. This meant a relocation that also gave me an opportunity to get a few portrait photos. They have beautiful eyes and striking yellow and black markings in the inside of their thighs and under arms, but not often on display, so it was the eye that got to be featured.

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