Glad to be a member!

[Bugmugs]

Hi, folks. I've just joined this forum because our newly installed pond in our backyard is giving us a hoppin' introduction to the world of frogs!

As soon as the pond was filled, gray tree frogs (Hyla versicolor) began laying eggs, and now we have hundreds of tadpoles, some of which are just now morphing into frogs. A couple of small green frogs (Rana clamitans) also joined us, and now we have a new guest, newly morphed, that I can't identify.

I'd like to send a post that includes a photo, but when I click on the icon for adding an image, all it allows is an image that's part of a website. My image is sitting on my desktop. Anyone care to tell me how to get it from there to the post?

Anyway, glad to be a member of your forum!

Bugmugs

[DonLisk]

Here is a link to just how to upload pics into your own photo albums.
Frog Forum - FAQ: User Profile Features

[DonLisk]

Forgot to mention, welcome aboard.

[John]

Welcome to the forum. Glad to see that Don has your back.

[Kurt]

Welcome abaord. The VHS is a good place to start with identifying VA frogs. http://www.virginiaherpetologicalsoc...f_virginia.htm

[Jace]

Welcome and I really wish I had a pond now!!

Hope you can post some pictures soon, as we are a tad obsessed with pictures...just a little.

[LilyPad]

I would love to have a pond in our yard! It would be so fun to draw some of these frogs in!

[Bugmugs]

Thanks for the welcome and the good advice for frog ID, folks. Turns out that the lime-green froglets now climbing all over the emergent plants in my pond are, in fact, newly morphed gray tree frogs--at least according to the photos I've been able to dredge up online. What amazes me, however, is how a froglet that's still swimming around in the water goes from a mottled brown to the beautiful green so quickly. Makes sense, though, considering the fact that brown protects them in the pond and green protects them when they crawl out.