Bullfrog and ...

There are two surprises with this picture, which I discovered later 

as I was  looking through the night's pictures.

Surprise #1:  Look carefully in the leaves on the left side of the 

picture.  That's a spring peeper happily peeping away only inches 

from a bullfrog who would pounce-grab-gobble if the peeper jumped.

Surprise #2:  That spring peeper is THE SAME ONE in the other 

April 3 picture — the one in the acorn cap! You can see the acorn cap 

here, and I can tell it's the same peeper by markings visible in other 

shots I took of this same scene.

This picture was taken at 9 pm. The peeper-in-acorn picture was taken at 10 pm, an hour later. The bullfrog

had hopped away, and the peeper had — fortunately for him — stayed still (except for the peeping).

If you doubt that bullfrogs will pounce on anything that moves, visit the food chain page. To see the shocking size of an open bullfrog mouth, visit the bullfrogs page.

To see where the peeper is, move your cursor over the picture:

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