After deporting the same tree frog from her shoe five times over the course of a month, Mary finally admitted defeat:
We think this is the same frog who insisted on sunning itself on the railing back in June:
If that isn’t a smug smile, I don’t know what one might look like.
When she related this tale at a Master Gardener meeting, one of her cronies said a similar frog commandeered a shoe and refused all offers of a new home, so apparently tree frogs and shoes just go together.
Anybody that persistent deserves whatever it wants; Mary will get a new pair of shoes and keep them indoors.
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4 responses to “The Tree Frog Insists”
Mary can recognize an individual tree frog? I’m impressed!
The frog returned after two weeks following their first encounter, but only five days after the most recent deportation. Unless there’s a queue of frogs waiting to occupy that shoe (in which case, there’s a conspicuously empty shoe available), it’s gotta be the same guy.
Circumstantial evidence, to be sure, but compelling!
We also learned lawnmower noise triggers his territorial (or mating?) behavior: Mary watched him trill every time I mowed close to the driveway. Must be a vibration thing, as the mower sure doesn’t sound like a frog to us.
One of Senor Frog’s western cousins took up residence under one of the garage water barrels. He was quite put out when I emptied the barrel and stored it in the greenhouse for the winter.
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