TRR photo by Scott Rando This gray tree frog has found a perch on a beam of a porch. The multitude of tree frogs present were probably drawn here by a small ornamental pond next to the porch. This frog came back to the same spot on the beam for over 2 weeks to call.

Amphibian serenade: the gray tree frog

During the last few weeks, fields, forests and wetlands have been alive with the sound of life. From the call of the wood thrush to the bleating of a new fawn, these sounds tell a story of what creatures are nearby and the health of their habitat.

One of these sounds indicates a cricket perhaps, but there is something unusual about this sound emanating from the trees. The rhythm and the volume of the sound may indicate that that the star performer may be an amphibian instead of an insect, an amphibian such as the gray tree frog.

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“That beautiful season the Summer!

Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light and the landscape

Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.”

—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Children learning about nature

LACKAWAXEN, PA—Two children’s programs, Backyard Biology and River Readings, will be offered this summer by the National Park Service in the back yard of the Zane Grey Museum.

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Also in this issue:

• Environmental literacy for kids