Gray Treefrog

A chorus of frogs enlivens the night at Cool Pond in West Virginia. At this time of the season the chorus is dominated by gray treefrogs, Hyla versicolor. This individual was singing from the lower branches of a willow at the water's edge. Yarrow's honeysuckle berries gleam in the background.
Gray treefrogs occur from Maine to Minnesota and south to east Texas and southern Virginia.
I was wading knee deep in the pond to get to the location where he was singing. Getting the lights in place and the camera and tripod without scaring him off was a task. He really tolerated my activities as he was consumed with other tasks.
Shot with a Canon 5DII, 180mm macro lens using Cyclopse LED lights. Audio was captured with a SoundDevices 702 and Sennhieser MKH 20 microphones.
Video and audio by Wil Hershberger © 2009 The Music of Nature (www.musicofnature.org)

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[laurh08]

good video.

[MrKerwin2]

Cool Video.

[SparkyTucker69]

@ScreamFan390

They aren't rare, they are just extremely hard to find. Since they are treefrogs, they tend to stay high in trees and usually only come down during their breeding season, that's when people usually find them.

[ColdSideOfPillow136]

I hear green and bull frogs!

[evilyig]

I have heard the tree frogs out here on my grandmother's old farm for 30 years now, all my life. I never ever managed to see them though, until I inherited this acreage and moved here in 1999. I am not sure where they are coming from, but i keep getting them in my bedroom, I hear them squeaking for days sometimes before locating them. My theory is they're squeezing through the window AC unit somehow, what is luring them I wonder?

[ScreamFan390]

how come i can never find these guys even at night it says they are in Pa are they rare?

[maarakailet1]

Greys are my favorite tree frogs. Sounds like H. versicolor?

[ashleyhockenberry]

Great video - I LOVE WVA !

[betula8]

Sweet.. Nice work Wil and Lang!