Tree Frog ID? / Hurricane Rescue?

[Harry]

I don't keep frogs, but every night they come up onto my second floor deck. I am on Long Island, NY, in the path of Hurricane Irene and am wondering about possibly trying to save some of these little guys. I have posted two photos below. These two are about 1.5 inchs long. Others on the deck range from about 1/2 inch to two inches.

Are these Gray Tree frogs / Hyla Versacolor?

What are your thoughts about trying to help them through the storm? Should I put them into the woods down below? Try to take them indoors for a few days? If I take them indoors, would they be ok in a cardboard box with some branches, a bowl of water, some grass on the bottom, covered with a screened lid, and misted daily?

Thanks for your thoughts,

Harry

[John]

They are Hyla versicolor. I wouldn't worry about the frogs. When the storm rolls in they'll go to ground.

[Harry]

Thank you for the note John. As I was clearing items from the second floor deck I found that there were a number of these frogs hidden under things like tarps, barbeque cover, etc. These guys will be displaced because I have to move these items because of the coming storm.

What should I do with them as they are being displaced? Carry them down to ground level and put them somewhere? If so, what sort of spot is best? There is a pond about an 1/4 mile away. But it will surely flood and overflow in this storm.I can put them in the trees, or at the base of the trees. I can keep them in a box for a few days...

I do not think they will have an opportunity to simply go to the ground on their own if I simply dump them out of the lawn furniture onto the deck.

Not much time left to decide on this...

Thanks,

Harry

[killerecho]

You can take them in for a day or two, no problem. A cardboard box will probably get mushy in no time, though.

[John]

I admire your concern for them but if frogs were truly that fragile when it comes to the weather, then they wouldn't still be around. Personally I would let them go in the woods or near the pond. If it will make you feel better then by all means hang on to them for a couple of days like Brian advises.

[JWells]

True, they'll be fine. We still have frogs down here in Florida!