Came home in the dusk from tonight's walk and saw a wood frog hopping across the driveway. By the garage, a small toad crossed my path. And as I was tanking up the hummingbird feeders so everyone has something to eat for breakfast tomorrow morning, I happened to look up — and saw a tree frog on the edge of the rain gutter above the front door!

I absolutely wasn't expecting to see a frog there. I know they are called tree frogs for a reason, and we do have a tree right beside our door with branches that reach out over the roof, but it still startled me to see the little head of a tree frog peeking out over the gutter.

The frog was distinctly watching me, probably trying to figure out when I was going to leave.

I'm sure it's one of the tree frogs who come regularly to the kitchen window to hunt moths at night. Usually they only show up at night, but a week ago, one tree frog stayed perched on the window sill all day long. I shot a little movie of him (see below) but made a point not to bother him. A couple of times when I checked on him, he seemed to be sleeping, or at least his golden eyes were narrowed.

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