Don’t worry, this post is NOT titled…
… “Don’t take this frog for granite”
I never can resist posting Canyon treefrogs (Hyla arenicolor), those most toadly of frogs.
This one was sunning itself on a rock this morning, looking quite like its substrate, the granite of Devil’s Canyon. As we canvassed birds along Queen Creek for North American Migratory Bird Count, we had to look down as well as up, because the warm rocks were frequently festooned with fat frogs, each one blending in just as nicely as this one — a stream cobble with gold-flecked eyes. (Photo A.Shock)