Last year a Gray Tree Frog discovered one of the Bluebird boxes at Pickering
Creek, and made itself quite at home there for several weeks.  In fact, I
found two in the box on one occasion. Tree Frogs can climb, so getting up
the pole and into the box is an easy problem for the frog to solve.  The
mystery to me is - How/Why did it decide to check out the box?  Sometimes it
even perched on the bottom of the entrance hole - seeming to be looking out
at the world and hoping some not-too-bright insect would come by.

This particular box was in the yard of one of the residence buildings of
Pickering Creek - near woods, but not exactly in the woods.

So far this year the little buggers have not returned.  Last year we
thoroughly enjoyed them.

Les Roslund
Talbot County
Easton MD 21601


-----Original Message-----
From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Fred Pierce
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 12:54 PM
To: 
Subject: [MDOSPREY] herps 'n birds

What a coincidence! I was just about to ask why I keep finding little toads
in one of my HC bluebird boxes. I guess they're toads; I don't know about
herp* things. I posted on the bluebird list when I found the first one and
nobody had an explanation. Found a second one last week. Both were alive and
less than an inch long with legs retracted.

Anybody know why they're there, how then get there, etc.? Or do these
metamorphose somehow into Bluebirds?

Thanks,

fdp

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