No one reading this will believe me, but I have had a grey tree frog living in my bathroom for 3 years!!!!! No cage! REALLY!!! I have a potted plant and he spends most of his time either on the plant or in the dirt. But at night he will very often climb out and climb up the window to his favorite spot above the window on the window trim work. He also will go get water and hang out in the tolliet bowl. I live alone and have to be very careful to make sure I look for him before I flush the commode. Fortunately I have another bathroom I use and he lives in my guest bathroom which is almost never used. In summer, I will catch moths and hold them in tweezers in front of him and he'll grab it and swallow it in blink of an eye. In winter, I do the same thing with very tiny pieces of uncooked fish. He loves it. It isn't as hard as it sounds to care from him because he will go as much as 2.5 weeks without eating. Once I feed him, he wont even take more food for like 2 weeks even if I try. About once a week he will go over and sit on top of the shower head which is about 8 feet from his potted plant and commode home! Its crazy but really cool. I don't tell many people because I'm sure it sounds wierd and maybe unclean to have a frog running around and living in my bathroom, but I love the little guy.
This is an incredible story! I totally believe you and don't think it is weird at all! Fascinating!!! Thanks for taking time to share your story with our learning community! Absolutely fascinating!!!!!
@@natureatyourdoor Thanks for the Reply, Frank. Replies like that are a great way to grow your channel and I have now watched several of your videos and find them entertaining. I recently moved to the country for the first time in my life and have therefore had lots of "Nature at your Door" experiences and love every one. I also should have told you that I learned a lot from your Gray Tree Frog video. In spite of having my "pet" frog almost ever since I bought my country house, I didn't know what kind it was or how to identify it until your video. I was also interested to learn all the other things you told us in the video. So you are doing a great service here in addition to providing great entertainment. All comments and responses, especially long ones, play into the YT recommendation algorithm so I hope in some small way I've helped more people find your channel and I wish you the best. Don't be surprised if I seek your expertise in the future!
@@thecityman1910 hey city man! Thanks for all kind words and encouragement and support! I truly enjoy reading and answering EVERY comment. I like having this interactive as I miss that live contact with my students!
Just saved three of them in my wind chime. They were stuck in the pipe. One was calling out with an unusual sound, his body was very crooked and distorted in the pipe. I could tell he was stuck. I found out that this “barking” is their distress call. I was able to pull him out with a stick and turning the pipe upside down so they could slide out. All three made it out safely and I placed them in my raised bed. The chime is now in my garage, so they won’t get stuck again. Love my frogs here in the Pine Barrens of NJ!
Thank you. I've had one sitting in a flower pot about four hours today. Since it's not going under 50 F here in MA tonight, I'll sleep better tonight. Great video.
Thank you for making this video. I live in the far Northeastern Philadelphia PA. We never had these until 2 years ago.i love sitting outside and watching our wildlife. We have many breeds of birds, foxes, ground hogs, deer, possums, raccoons, etc... and we've started finding g small snakes in the past 5 to 6 yrs. I'm always trying to identify of wildlife. It's awesome
Oh wow, Cool. I can't get kver having frogs all of a sudden. We've been here for 29 yrs in August and NEVER had one!! They're really cool to listen to att dusk. I love nature so this just makes me smile
Very interesting! I started learning about tree frogs when one planted itself in a bush outside my bedroom window and sang the song of its people as loudly as possible about three weeks after I started working overnights and was trying to sleep during the day. Lol Very well presented an interesting, thank you.
Sang the song of its people💯🌿🌼 🐸🌼🌿😍🤣😂🤣 I hunted down my musical wonders tonight, expecting a larger frog or toad.. Only to find a little guy playing king of the bench corner, neck puffed out so cool, 👑🐸🌿💯 calling to its people across the yard to which is so loud I can hear them inside... But I love😄 it, they're awesome. 🌿❤️🐸❤️🌿 I picked him up a second but he jumped and scurried into the grass.. So I've been researching all night... The frog, plants I found in my yard... And now he tells me they secreat poison... Great lol... Good thing I washed up right away! 😂🐸
These frogs are so amazing, they’re so friendly ! I was in love the first time I saw one .. had it for years and it died in my hand.. I have had more since and their intelligence is crazy. People don’t understand. I got into frogs from my cottage and being around tadpoles and pond frogs. They are amazing and I love them.
I handled one of these today. Beautiful little creature and it didn’t even seem upset that I picked it up 🤷🏾♂️. I sat it back down and watched it hop under my deck .
im 64 and never knew there was a gray tree frog! lol.. my Sister has two in a terrarium. they get fed crickets and are so cute. thanks for this informative video!
@@VolcanoTimeLapse and yes..those gray trey frogs will not lay eggs in ponds or lakes with fish. People frequently find their tadpoles..in water troughs...rain barrels...etc!
Thank you Nijah Gates! This one was definitely one of my most fun one to film!!! Glad you liked it! A lot shots were created on an indoor "set" I created! I have a lot of unpublished funny "blooper" footage! Ha!
🐸✔️✔️ Good information. We started hearing grey and Cope's grey tree frogs in our development in summer 2017. I didn't recall ever having previously heard their call, and at first I had no idea what they were. A few of them would start occasionally calling sporadically in late afternoon. But since I couldn't ever seem to locate a bird anywhere near the source of the sound, I made a guess that they were some sort of tree frog, and thanks to videos of their calls, I was able to verify it. Then in 2018, a new development was started in the huge grassy field behind our houses, including 2 new, permanent retention ponds within maybe 100 to 150 feet away from us. One night, as it started getting dark, I walked outside a few times, and heard that the frogs were calling from up in the trees, then lower in the trees, then on the ground, on the banks of the 2 ponds. So I started going out after dark, with a flashlight and smartphone video recorder, and took photos and videos of them. The difference in the calls of Grey tree frogs VS Cope's grey tree frogs was pretty obvious when you heard BOTH frogs in close proximity. So it's now simple and automatic to be able to tell their calls apart. Then I started noticing other new frog species showing up for the first time ever, including a green tree frog last year, and a bunch of new pickerel frogs living in vegetation in flower beds, or high grass. Then spring peepers popped up out of nowhere in 2018. Then green frogs were being seen hanging out in a shallowly buried drain pipe running from the rain gutters on the roof. I'd see as many as 7 green frogs living there, and as few as 1.
What a great story! We usually hear of habitat destruction and decline in amphibian populations! Fascinating to hear the succession of species colonizing thanks to retention ponds! Very cool you could hear both frog sps and disintguish calls!thanks for sharing!
My neighbors have a pond behind their house and frogs have been calling constantly from afternoon to night I was even able to collect some spawn and ask permission to go back there in the future
@@allannamorning7410 They are already calling this season(March 4, 2022)? You must be in a warmer place than me(northern Delaware), because our temperature has hit 20° - 24°f the past 2 nights although the lows were in the upper 30°'s for a few nights. However, I haven't yet made it a point to listen out for frogs yet this season, so I don't know what's going on.
My male gray tree frog only has 3 feet and is still an excellent climber and super agile. Some of his longer jumps are a bit wonky tho...he gets crooked and even spins around a tiny bit in the air but he'll stick the landing.
A rescue frog?! 🐸🌿😂🤣 I can get video of the male frog calling.. If he's still around this week.. Very cool little guy! He was hanging around the deck calling to his buddies in my little pond feature I made years ago hoping they'd take up residence! Which they have and I love it, plus they'll help with insect control in my garden... Right?? 🌼 🌼💯🌿🐸🐸❤️😀👍❤️🐸🐸🌿💯🌼
@@natureatyourdoor I've been finding variously colored dwarf America toads all around my yard and garden (green, red, brown, almost black) and have two smooth white copes greys on my house siding. So neat.
I have pets too.. one wild , one bought. My breeder one hurt his hand/ arm I can’t tell and I don’t know what to do.. :( he can still stick but he drags his arm around. (I did not see how he got hurt.) it’s sad because every time he gets hurt he really tried doing things he shouldn’t be
@@lemmeborrowthttop awe. Sorry for your little guy. I am curious if it will heal up completely in time. Some amphibians have some regenerative traits. Let me know how that goes....they do take some incredible leaps!!
I have a question.. i just made a koi pond. 2 of these grey tree frogs found it ALREADY. they're so friggen loud. How long do they call for? Like is it only during breeding season or am I going to hear them until it gets cold and they go hibernate? And please dont get me wrong, i love frogs! I own 5 different species of poison dart frogs but holy crap, these grey tree frogs are LOUD. I want to bring them to the stream out back but my wife said no, they're her friends!!! Lol
Ha! Fun reading your comment!! Lol. I am not sure about the timing of calls! You will have to be our data collector and let us know! And yes...it is loud! I remember trying to find a spring peeper in April...almost deafening sound by a frog the size of your finger nail. I could never find him! Ha! Please up date us again!
@@natureatyourdoor ok I'll try to give an update but no promises because they might happen to um find their way to the stream outback hahahaha my fear.. their calls will keep drawing them in. Lol
There's an european version of these tree frogs, hila arborea They can sort of change color but it's kinda hard to determine when they will and when they won't Another interesting thing about them is that their tadpoles are huge, and the small froglets are not so small compared to something like a leopard bullfrogs I've actually seen a big male european tree frog attempting to breed with a female leopard frog. I'ts a bit sad cuz there were a lot of tree frogs but they were vastly killed by fisherman who used them as bait and natrix natrix snakes and possibly by vipers and the massive floods from the river-cascade nearby, .....or maybe they just migrated?
I accidentally destroyed a grey tree frogs hibernation nest while digging for next years garden. She was snow white, freezing in my palm, didnt try to get away. I set her down near where I found her. Hours later it's much colder and she was still just sitting there. I offered my hand and she climbed right on. I've brought her inside and given her a temporary home until I can get a tall frog enclosure. I'm worried shes not eating anything I offer. I've tried very small earth worms, slugs, roly polies, meal worms, and now small crickets. Is she not hungry because she was all set for hibernation? I keep my home at 73. She has a dark cool area in her tank, and a corner with a warm light, about 80 degrees. She gets misted a couple times a day. She doesn't want escape, but she does want me to hold her. Could she be sick, or is this what happens when you interrupt their winter sleep?
There are a lot of metabolic and physiological changes in hibernation. The tree frogs concentrate glucose as antifreeze. It may take it sometime to "wake-up"...if it is refusing crickets ..well...that is unusual. Sounds like you are doing everything right.
@@natureatyourdoor I'll keep you updated 😊 she has moss, coconut fiber, tree bark, a large rock, lotsa leaves, and a shallow wooden dish of water. She slept during the day. I switched off the light when it got dark out and keep her in a dark room. Shes active now. Hoping her getting active and warmer will get her appetite back. Thank you for responding! New subbie 😊
I 'll talk to the owner of the frog a filmed in video. She has kept "rescue" tree frogs for years! It is very interesting that they DO seem to prefer sitting in one's hand! Hey..trying to be "scientific" here but they are endearing little frogs. Yes! Keep me posted!
@@Lunadare Our rescue frog was the one used in the video. Everything you have done for your rescue is perfect, exactly what she needs to thrive. She isn't sick at all, she is just waking up. :-)The habitat you have provided sounds exactly right! Your frog will need to be misted with a small water bottle a few times a day (we usually do it in the morning when we wake up and in the evening). By providing the small wooden dish of water, she will be able to jump in and rehydrate as needed. Frank is right. She may not eat until she is fully awake and her system gets moving again. Their preferred meal choice is crickets that you can purchase from PetsMart, Petco, etc. They lean on the nocturnal side and will be more active from dusk to dawn but they also love to eat so they will wake up and eat any time you offer it. They will eat however many crickets you give them which may lead to a weight problem. We believe it is because in the wild they may not know where or when the next meal will come by so they eat everything they can, when they can. We feed our frog 1 to 2 crickets daily to maintain good health. Yes! She is going to want to climb on you! We are basically like a "warming station" to them and they will not want to be put down. Frank is exactly right, they are endearing little frogs. *As mentioned in Frank's video, if you happen to have a male (which tend to be smaller than the female) do not be startled if he starts singing at some point. :-)
In northern Wisconsin we have a gray tree frog that returns annually. It likes to hide inside a folded bamboo leaf umbrella and comes out at night to catch flying insects attracted by a nearby solar-powered light. We've tried to relocate him several times in the nearby woods but he always comes back.
Haha great content man! I enjoy seeing older people on RUclips sharing their passions and knowledge to people my age ( gen Z ) I’m subscribed to see what other interesting things I can learn. Ps I’ve got a few tree frogs living in a bioactive terrarium with a fire skink . In total I’ve got Two grey’s and two Australian dumpy frogs all living Nicely together with that skink. I’m planning on getting a blue tail in there soon too. . I took some wildlife into my dorm room perse LOL
Thank you "God is my Fortress...." When I was a classroom teacher I had lots of herps in my room at school. Now all at local university but I hope to intro some of them in New episodes! And ha! You got me NAILED! I never saw a You tube video before I started this last March! Never made a video. Up to now all has been done with my 75 dollar value smart phone ! Ha! Appreciate you!
Well that is an interesting question. I actually would think the frog would dry out before a significant dosage could possibly move through by osmosis.
@@natureatyourdoor before I found out the grey tree frog was poisonous I was handling it without gloves and I got the bubble guts for a few days 😱🤦 now I wear gloves 🧤
A real quick look see revealed this...that a "stressed tree frog" releases even more toxins: www.frogforum.net/showthread.php/8936-Toxins-in-Gray-Treefrog-Metamorphs
@@natureatyourdoor Yea, I only saw him because I was pulling some weeds from a bare patch in my lawn and he hopped out. There is a huge maple tree above that spot in the yard that I assume he was in and either fell out of or jumped. Amazing creatures though!
Most excellent presentation with enthusiasm to match. We have many around our house this year (June 2023) - it’s been very wet so far this spring and summer in Middlesex county MA.
How do I get rid of them? We built a swimming pond last year, and this year there are over 5000 that we have removed, and there's no end to them period it's already mid July, and they're continuing to mate and create new tiny tadpoles period they are pooping everywhere we are not able to swim at all period I would love to get rid of the Gray tree frog. We do not enjoy the overwhelming number of mating calls we hear All Night long. We tried surrounding our pond with salt to deter them from getting in and laying eggs, but that's useless- any suggestions?
@@natureatyourdoor, I did. I was led there by your link on FB. Then searched this one out. You kept mentioning how you would like to stay and observe more, so I thought that maybe part two would include a trek back up to see how they were doing a few weeks down the line. I did like part two but was a bit bummed. I wanted to go back up there vicariously :) Thank you, for all of your wisdom and your desire to share it!
@@amandastakeonit7402 yes...i think that was my plan at the time but I didn't get back. Tonight I was filming American toads calling for mates in a pond! Spring peeper episode Saturday. And I have been filming wood frog eggs and now tadpoles since the eggs were laid! Lots of good episodes coming!
Their camouflaging from gray to dark brown to bright green blows my mind. They blend so well!
Brittnay long...it IS pretty fascinating! Thanks for commenting! I love hearing from interacting with viewers!!
I have one that’s all white and grey on my porch right now it’s friggin’ gorgeous!!!!
@@natureatyourdoor honestly I didn't know the grey tree frog was poisonous but I was holding it without gloves and I got diarrhea for a few days
Awesome fun facts.
Thanks Terri!
No one reading this will believe me, but I have had a grey tree frog living in my bathroom for 3 years!!!!! No cage! REALLY!!! I have a potted plant and he spends most of his time either on the plant or in the dirt. But at night he will very often climb out and climb up the window to his favorite spot above the window on the window trim work. He also will go get water and hang out in the tolliet bowl. I live alone and have to be very careful to make sure I look for him before I flush the commode. Fortunately I have another bathroom I use and he lives in my guest bathroom which is almost never used. In summer, I will catch moths and hold them in tweezers in front of him and he'll grab it and swallow it in blink of an eye. In winter, I do the same thing with very tiny pieces of uncooked fish. He loves it. It isn't as hard as it sounds to care from him because he will go as much as 2.5 weeks without eating. Once I feed him, he wont even take more food for like 2 weeks even if I try. About once a week he will go over and sit on top of the shower head which is about 8 feet from his potted plant and commode home! Its crazy but really cool. I don't tell many people because I'm sure it sounds wierd and maybe unclean to have a frog running around and living in my bathroom, but I love the little guy.
This is an incredible story! I totally believe you and don't think it is weird at all! Fascinating!!! Thanks for taking time to share your story with our learning community! Absolutely fascinating!!!!!
@@natureatyourdoor Thanks for the Reply, Frank. Replies like that are a great way to grow your channel and I have now watched several of your videos and find them entertaining. I recently moved to the country for the first time in my life and have therefore had lots of "Nature at your Door" experiences and love every one. I also should have told you that I learned a lot from your Gray Tree Frog video. In spite of having my "pet" frog almost ever since I bought my country house, I didn't know what kind it was or how to identify it until your video. I was also interested to learn all the other things you told us in the video. So you are doing a great service here in addition to providing great entertainment. All comments and responses, especially long ones, play into the YT recommendation algorithm so I hope in some small way I've helped more people find your channel and I wish you the best. Don't be surprised if I seek your expertise in the future!
@@thecityman1910 hey city man! Thanks for all kind words and encouragement and support! I truly enjoy reading and answering EVERY comment. I like having this interactive as I miss that live contact with my students!
Ha! So cool! What do you call him?
@@jeremyblackwater439 ha! No name ...he was on loan from a friend just for this episode! 😉
Just saved three of them in my wind chime. They were stuck in the pipe. One was calling out with an unusual sound, his body was very crooked and distorted in the pipe. I could tell he was stuck. I found out that this “barking” is their distress call.
I was able to pull him out with a stick and turning the pipe upside down so they could slide out. All three made it out safely and I placed them in my raised bed. The chime is now in my garage, so they won’t get stuck again. Love my frogs here in the Pine Barrens of NJ!
Thank you. I've had one sitting in a flower pot about four hours today. Since it's not going under 50 F here in MA tonight, I'll sleep better tonight. Great video.
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Thank you for making this video. I live in the far Northeastern Philadelphia PA. We never had these until 2 years ago.i love sitting outside and watching our wildlife. We have many breeds of birds, foxes, ground hogs, deer, possums, raccoons, etc... and we've started finding g small snakes in the past 5 to 6 yrs. I'm always trying to identify of wildlife. It's awesome
Great to hear from you! Btw.,I am a bio grad of Lehigh...and u of Penn ms in ed! I even taught at upper Darby high! Love the Philly area!
Oh wow, Cool. I can't get kver having frogs all of a sudden. We've been here for 29 yrs in August and NEVER had one!! They're really cool to listen to att dusk. I love nature so this just makes me smile
Very interesting! I started learning about tree frogs when one planted itself in a bush outside my bedroom window and sang the song of its people as loudly as possible about three weeks after I started working overnights and was trying to sleep during the day. Lol
Very well presented an interesting, thank you.
Ha! Sung you to sleep huh? Thanks for your share!
Sang the song of its people💯🌿🌼 🐸🌼🌿😍🤣😂🤣 I hunted down my musical wonders tonight, expecting a larger frog or toad.. Only to find a little guy playing king of the bench corner, neck puffed out so cool, 👑🐸🌿💯 calling to its people across the yard to which is so loud I can hear them inside... But I love😄 it, they're awesome. 🌿❤️🐸❤️🌿
I picked him up a second but he jumped and scurried into the grass.. So I've been researching all night... The frog, plants I found in my yard... And now he tells me they secreat poison... Great lol... Good thing I washed up right away! 😂🐸
My son says, “I like your video! We live in New England and we have found gray tree frogs.”
Awesome Laura Morris! I was up in Maine and hiking in New Hampshire last summer!
These frogs are so amazing, they’re so friendly ! I was in love the first time I saw one .. had it for years and it died in my hand.. I have had more since and their intelligence is crazy.
People don’t understand. I got into frogs from my cottage and being around tadpoles and pond frogs. They are amazing and I love them.
They ARE very cool little guys! My friend that shared this guy with me for filming has had this one for years and just loves him!
I handled one of these today. Beautiful little creature and it didn’t even seem upset that I picked it up 🤷🏾♂️. I sat it back down and watched it hop under my deck .
They are amazing! I have plans to visit their local breeding pond this year at the height of breeding season!
So happy to learn more about my little man, Nico :) he’s about 3 years old now and I also rescued him. He’s precious
Awe Nico! They are great company! Does he sing for you?
@@natureatyourdoor of course! Every morning at 7:30 am sharp and a few times at night a week. He's the cutest little lump
@@laurenradke7157 ha! That is really awesome! Too cool!
Thank you so much!!!!! 💯💯💯💥🐸🌻🌿🌱❤️😀👍🌼🌱🌿🐸🐸🐸
You are sooooooooo welcome.
I have seen quite a few tree frogs in my day, but I'm not sure I've seen this one. I'll be on the lookout. Thanks, Jon
They are notoriously hard to find as adults!! This one was actually from a tadpole rescued from a backyard container of water!
im 64 and never knew there was a gray tree frog! lol.. my Sister has two in a terrarium. they get fed crickets and are so cute. thanks for this informative video!
You are Welcome Time-lapse! Ha! We are exactly same age! Glad you enjoyed my video! Welcome to my channel!
@@natureatyourdoor Thank you, Sir!
@@VolcanoTimeLapse and yes..those gray trey frogs will not lay eggs in ponds or lakes with fish. People frequently find their tadpoles..in water troughs...rain barrels...etc!
@@natureatyourdoor interesting!
@@natureatyourdoor I am raising those tadpoles in my water containers for my garden
I enjoyed this video and your enthusiasm so much! I look forward to checking out your other videos.
Welcome aboard! Thank you!
Nice video on the gray treefrog!
Thank you Nijah Gates! This one was definitely one of my most fun one to film!!! Glad you liked it! A lot shots were created on an indoor "set" I created! I have a lot of unpublished funny "blooper" footage! Ha!
🐸✔️✔️ Good information. We started hearing grey and Cope's grey tree frogs in our development in summer 2017. I didn't recall ever having previously heard their call, and at first I had no idea what they were. A few of them would start occasionally calling sporadically in late afternoon. But since I couldn't ever seem to locate a bird anywhere near the source of the sound, I made a guess that they were some sort of tree frog, and thanks to videos of their calls, I was able to verify it.
Then in 2018, a new development was started in the huge grassy field behind our houses, including 2 new, permanent retention ponds within maybe 100 to 150 feet away from us. One night, as it started getting dark, I walked outside a few times, and heard that the frogs were calling from up in the trees, then lower in the trees, then on the ground, on the banks of the 2 ponds. So I started going out after dark, with a flashlight and smartphone video recorder, and took photos and videos of them.
The difference in the calls of Grey tree frogs VS Cope's grey tree frogs was pretty obvious when you heard BOTH frogs in close proximity. So it's now simple and automatic to be able to tell their calls apart.
Then I started noticing other new frog species showing up for the first time ever, including a green tree frog last year, and a bunch of new pickerel frogs living in vegetation in flower beds, or high grass. Then spring peepers popped up out of nowhere in 2018. Then green frogs were being seen hanging out in a shallowly buried drain pipe running from the rain gutters on the roof. I'd see as many as 7 green frogs living there, and as few as 1.
What a great story! We usually hear of habitat destruction and decline in amphibian populations! Fascinating to hear the succession of species colonizing thanks to retention ponds! Very cool you could hear both frog sps and disintguish calls!thanks for sharing!
My neighbors have a pond behind their house and frogs have been calling constantly from afternoon to night I was even able to collect some spawn and ask permission to go back there in the future
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They are already calling this season(March 4, 2022)? You must be in a warmer place than me(northern Delaware), because our temperature has hit 20° - 24°f the past 2 nights although the lows were in the upper 30°'s for a few nights. However, I haven't yet made it a point to listen out for frogs yet this season, so I don't know what's going on.
Yeah for my are in Indiana it's been very warm often 40s to 50s
My male gray tree frog only has 3 feet and is still an excellent climber and super agile. Some of his longer jumps are a bit wonky tho...he gets crooked and even spins around a tiny bit in the air but he'll stick the landing.
Ha! Only 3 feet? And still a great jumper!! :-) thanks for share!
Great video. Your speech pattern and general personally gives strong Bill Nye vibes.
Ha! I could not have a better compliment! Thanks for encouraging and supporting me!!!!
A rescue frog?! 🐸🌿😂🤣 I can get video of the male frog calling.. If he's still around this week.. Very cool little guy! He was hanging around the deck calling to his buddies in my little pond feature I made years ago hoping they'd take up residence! Which they have and I love it, plus they'll help with insect control in my garden... Right?? 🌼
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Of course! What a great little frog.
I'm playing with Pacific tree frog and their pollywogs in north California. Rotten little frogs.love the voice.
Hi Christin! Very cool! Outdoors in a pond near by?
I have five rain barrels around my home so they're very close and loud. Still don't know where they go for the summer.
@@christinpolen5350 they are illusive the rest of year. I am videoing wood frog eggs right now. My first tadpole emerged from,egg mass yesterday!
I have one that’s all white and grey on my porch right now it’s friggin’ gorgeous!!!!
They are so cool, aren't they! I have American toads visiting my porch nightly now to feed on insects attracted by house lights!
@@natureatyourdoor I've been finding variously colored dwarf America toads all around my yard and garden (green, red, brown, almost black) and have two smooth white copes greys on my house siding. So neat.
I have a pet one and it changes colours every week, fascinating creatures and great facts!
Totally fascinating!
I have pets too.. one wild , one bought. My breeder one hurt his hand/ arm I can’t tell and I don’t know what to do.. :( he can still stick but he drags his arm around. (I did not see how he got hurt.) it’s sad because every time he gets hurt he really tried doing things he shouldn’t be
@@lemmeborrowthttop wow I didn't know you can buy them I just found it in my backyard
@@lemmeborrowthttop awe. Sorry for your little guy. I am curious if it will heal up completely in time. Some amphibians have some regenerative traits. Let me know how that goes....they do take some incredible leaps!!
@@natureatyourdoor frogs can only regenerate a boney stump not a full leg
We just got grey tree frogs in the yard!
Well....how cool is that! Keep me updated!
Enjoy while the season lasts!! They’re a TRUE blessing!!!
I live in a senior living we have gray tree frogs and green tree frogs every where around the building
How cool is that! Enjoy!
I have a pet gray tree frog named, Chives! He loves mealworms and he is very loud! He is the frog in my profile picture! 🐸
Ha! Chives! That is great! Thanks for sharing! You made me smile!
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I have a question.. i just made a koi pond. 2 of these grey tree frogs found it ALREADY. they're so friggen loud. How long do they call for? Like is it only during breeding season or am I going to hear them until it gets cold and they go hibernate? And please dont get me wrong, i love frogs! I own 5 different species of poison dart frogs but holy crap, these grey tree frogs are LOUD. I want to bring them to the stream out back but my wife said no, they're her friends!!! Lol
Ha! Fun reading your comment!! Lol. I am not sure about the timing of calls! You will have to be our data collector and let us know! And yes...it is loud! I remember trying to find a spring peeper in April...almost deafening sound by a frog the size of your finger nail. I could never find him! Ha! Please up date us again!
@@natureatyourdoor ok I'll try to give an update but no promises because they might happen to um find their way to the stream outback hahahaha my fear.. their calls will keep drawing them in. Lol
@@high_fructose_corn_syrup :-) !
There's an european version of these tree frogs, hila arborea
They can sort of change color but it's kinda hard to determine when they will and when they won't
Another interesting thing about them is that their tadpoles are huge, and the small froglets are not so small compared to something like a leopard bullfrogs
I've actually seen a big male european tree frog attempting to breed with a female leopard frog. I'ts a bit sad cuz there were a lot of tree frogs but they were vastly killed by fisherman who used them as bait and natrix natrix snakes and possibly by vipers and the massive floods from the river-cascade nearby,
.....or maybe they just migrated?
Very interesting information and observations here Alex Silasi! Thank you for new knowledge for me and enriching our NAYD learning community!
I accidentally destroyed a grey tree frogs hibernation nest while digging for next years garden. She was snow white, freezing in my palm, didnt try to get away. I set her down near where I found her. Hours later it's much colder and she was still just sitting there. I offered my hand and she climbed right on. I've brought her inside and given her a temporary home until I can get a tall frog enclosure. I'm worried shes not eating anything I offer. I've tried very small earth worms, slugs, roly polies, meal worms, and now small crickets. Is she not hungry because she was all set for hibernation? I keep my home at 73. She has a dark cool area in her tank, and a corner with a warm light, about 80 degrees. She gets misted a couple times a day. She doesn't want escape, but she does want me to hold her. Could she be sick, or is this what happens when you interrupt their winter sleep?
I'm in NW Indiana, our November's are usually freezing. This happened after a few days of strange 70 degree weather.
There are a lot of metabolic and physiological changes in hibernation. The tree frogs concentrate glucose as antifreeze. It may take it sometime to "wake-up"...if it is refusing crickets
..well...that is unusual. Sounds like you are doing everything right.
@@natureatyourdoor I'll keep you updated 😊 she has moss, coconut fiber, tree bark, a large rock, lotsa leaves, and a shallow wooden dish of water. She slept during the day. I switched off the light when it got dark out and keep her in a dark room. Shes active now. Hoping her getting active and warmer will get her appetite back.
Thank you for responding! New subbie 😊
I 'll talk to the owner of the frog a filmed in video. She has kept "rescue" tree frogs for years! It is very interesting that they DO seem to prefer sitting in one's hand! Hey..trying to be "scientific" here but they are endearing little frogs. Yes! Keep me posted!
@@Lunadare Our rescue frog was the one used in the video. Everything you have done for your rescue is perfect, exactly what she needs to thrive. She isn't sick at all, she is just waking up. :-)The habitat you have provided sounds exactly right! Your frog will need to be misted with a small water bottle a few times a day (we usually do it in the morning when we wake up and in the evening). By providing the small wooden dish of water, she will be able to jump in and rehydrate as needed. Frank is right. She may not eat until she is fully awake and her system gets moving again. Their preferred meal choice is crickets that you can purchase from PetsMart, Petco, etc. They lean on the nocturnal side and will be more active from dusk to dawn but they also love to eat so they will wake up and eat any time you offer it. They will eat however many crickets you give them which may lead to a weight problem. We believe it is because in the wild they may not know where or when the next meal will come by so they eat everything they can, when they can. We feed our frog 1 to 2 crickets daily to maintain good health. Yes! She is going to want to climb on you! We are basically like a "warming station" to them and they will not want to be put down. Frank is exactly right, they are endearing little frogs. *As mentioned in Frank's video, if you happen to have a male (which tend to be smaller than the female) do not be startled if he starts singing at some point. :-)
In northern Wisconsin we have a gray tree frog that returns annually. It likes to hide inside a folded bamboo leaf umbrella and comes out at night to catch flying insects attracted by a nearby solar-powered light. We've tried to relocate him several times in the nearby woods but he always comes back.
Persistent little guy! Knows a good thing!
Saw one on my backyard fence today…Charlotte North Carolina.
Very cool! Thanks for sharing!
Hey Mr Taylor I talked to you in class about my tree frogs
Hey! Cool! Email me @ ftaylor10000@gmail.com! Nice to meet you!
Haha great content man! I enjoy seeing older people on RUclips sharing their passions and knowledge to people my age ( gen Z ) I’m subscribed to see what other interesting things I can learn.
Ps I’ve got a few tree frogs living in a bioactive terrarium with a fire skink . In total I’ve got Two grey’s and two Australian dumpy frogs all living Nicely together with that skink. I’m planning on getting a blue tail in there soon too. . I took some wildlife into my dorm room perse LOL
Thank you "God is my Fortress...." When I was a classroom teacher I had lots of herps in my room at school. Now all at local university but I hope to intro some of them in New episodes! And ha! You got me NAILED! I never saw a You tube video before I started this last March! Never made a video. Up to now all has been done with my 75 dollar value smart phone ! Ha! Appreciate you!
And that's a different way to tell them from the grays?
I rescued a few gray treefrog tadpoles from a pool cover earlier this spring.
Awesome! 👍
Would the humidity in a paludarium with a mini waterfall be too high for them?
I am not sure. I observe wildlife in their natural setting and don't have much experience setting up habitats or caring for "herps" .
@@natureatyourdoor thank you!
Don't the copes tree frogs have a different call?
Can holding grey tree frogs constantly ,,, without gloves 🧤 cause illness or even death?
Well that is an interesting question. I actually would think the frog would dry out before a significant dosage could possibly move through by osmosis.
@@natureatyourdoor I always spray my grey tree frogs with water in a spray bottle.
@@natureatyourdoor before I found out the grey tree frog was poisonous I was handling it without gloves and I got the bubble guts for a few days 😱🤦 now I wear gloves 🧤
@@resiliencestreefrogs7929 really...I will need to look into that further! Gosh...sorry that happened to you.
A real quick look see revealed this...that a "stressed tree frog" releases even more toxins: www.frogforum.net/showthread.php/8936-Toxins-in-Gray-Treefrog-Metamorphs
Gave one a close shave with the mower this morning. I felt horrible! But he survived with just a small nick on his back.
Oh no! I hate that I know how you feel..sometimes you just see something out of the corner of your eye and can't react in time!
@@natureatyourdoor Yea, I only saw him because I was pulling some weeds from a bare patch in my lawn and he hopped out. There is a huge maple tree above that spot in the yard that I assume he was in and either fell out of or jumped. Amazing creatures though!
@billf7585 yes they really are!
I am taking one in because it's injured and I'm having trouble finding out what they eat, Can someone help?
Small insects would work...worms? Try pet shop or bait shop?
Most excellent presentation with enthusiasm to match. We have many around our house this year (June 2023) - it’s been very wet so far this spring and summer in Middlesex county MA.
Thanks for supportive and encouraging words! I hope this is a great gray frog year for you!
I heard that the wood frog can also freeze and thought self back out
yes! check out my wood frog videos...I discuss that specifically and how they are the only amphibian inside the arctic circle!
@@natureatyourdoor I think I have seen them and is probably where I learned about that LOL you make some good videos
How do I get rid of them? We built a swimming pond last year, and this year there are over 5000 that we have removed, and there's no end to them period it's already mid July, and they're continuing to mate and create new tiny tadpoles period they are pooping everywhere we are not able to swim at all period I would love to get rid of the Gray tree frog. We do not enjoy the overwhelming number of mating calls we hear All Night long. We tried surrounding our pond with salt to deter them from getting in and laying eggs, but that's useless- any suggestions?
Wow! That is incredible and I see how that is distressing for you. Honestly, I have no idea. It is like a Biblical plaque for you. How unusual!
I found one of these in Massachusetts and it is very quiet so does that mean it's a female
Not necessarily!
My gray tree frog hasn’t come in a year😰😓😥😭😭😭😭😭
Oh nooooo. Very sad.😞
Oh nevermind I should have just listened lol I think I have one of each frog... Peeper, gray and copes. I have 4 baby tree frogs.
Tricky distinguishing btwn copes and gray by call!
This was informative. However, I had hoped for more content from the tadpole hole up high. :(
Did you find part 1 ...where I do the whole episode on the mountain top?
@@natureatyourdoor, I did. I was led there by your link on FB. Then searched this one out. You kept mentioning how you would like to stay and observe more, so I thought that maybe part two would include a trek back up to see how they were doing a few weeks down the line. I did like part two but was a bit bummed. I wanted to go back up there vicariously :) Thank you, for all of your wisdom and your desire to share it!
@@amandastakeonit7402 yes...i think that was my plan at the time but I didn't get back. Tonight I was filming American toads calling for mates in a pond! Spring peeper episode Saturday. And I have been filming wood frog eggs and now tadpoles since the eggs were laid! Lots of good episodes coming!
Frey greefrog :P
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2:40 “Copes Grey Freetrog”
? Did i miss speak?
I just found one in my bed room in Ohio under my 40g gold fish tank so I made a habitat
Amazing! ❤️
2:41 did anyone here he says cope's gray free trog
Hi AS ....what are your thoughts on ID? Thanks for checking in with our learning community.
Hi i was just being silly i was commenting that you said cope's gray Free Trog you pronounced it wrong at that time😂
And i spelled hear wrong haha i caught some eastern gray tree frogs at my dad's pond the other day
@@inhalethewild ha! I frequently get tongue tied in videos!
@@inhalethewild cool! 😎
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@@natureatyourdoor I’m a fan