by Susan | Nov 16, 2009 | Environmental Health, How You Can Help, Living a Frog-Friendly Life, People Helping Frogs and Toads
The falling leaves drift by the window The autumn leaves of red and gold —from the song Autumn Leaves Recently we had a post about how “messy backyards” help wildlife. Since I wrote that post, I came across a wonderful article, “Leaf litter is...
by Susan | Nov 10, 2009 | Chemicals in the Environment, Environmental Books, Environmental Health, How You Can Help
This review is part of the Green Books campaign. Today 100 bloggers are reviewing 100 great books printed in an environmentally friendly way. Our goal is to encourage publishers to get greener and readers to take the environment into consideration when purchasing...
by Susan | Nov 7, 2009 | Deforestation and frogs, Environmental Health, Frogs and the Rainforest, Rainforest Frogs, Uncategorized
In early September, we wrote a post about The Prince’s Rainforest Project contest to name its rainforest frog mascot. I’ve just learned that they picked a name: Orifiel, which means angel of the forest. I did a little research because I had never heard of...
by Susan | Nov 4, 2009 | frog calls, Learn about Frogs
Can you tell the difference between crickets and spring peepers? I used to get confused sometimes between the sound of crickets chirping and frogs calling. Some frogs have bird-like calls. In anticipation of next spring, and in hopes of becoming better Frog Watchers,...
by Susan | Oct 29, 2009 | Climate change and frogs, Learn about Frogs, Life Cycle of Frogs
This past Sunday, my husband and I went for long hike in Harriman State Park in New York. In late March and early April, the sound of the spring peepers is deafening. But the other day we heard only one or two peepers. I did a little research to find out what happens...
by Susan | Oct 23, 2009 | Frogs and the Rainforest, Frogs in Film, Learn about Frogs, Literary Amphibians, Read about Frogs
With Disney’s Princess and the Frog coming in December, we’ve been thinking a lot about frogs and princesses and princes, especially new twists on the classic fairy tale. I reread the original Grimm’s tale and was surprised that in this version, the...
