Category: Frog

Fowler’s Toad

Toads like the vegetable garden that is adjacent to the pond here at the frog farm. Not a real frog farm. Just a place where the welcome mat is put out. A place to enjoy the frogs. This one a Fowler’s Toad (Anaxyrus fowleri).

All toads are frogs, but not all frogs are toads. What?? Yes that’s right. Toads are simply a classification of frogs. There are many subtle differences like the length of their hind legs. Frogs have longer hind legs which allows for longer jumps. And something to keep in mind if you are one to want to pick up creatures that you find. Toads are poisonous. Frogs for the most part are not poisonous.

Both frogs and toads lay their eggs in water. Frog eggs are in a blob or mass while toad eggs are in chains. Looking totally different. Finding either on a spring hike is quite a thrill.

Brown Thrasher

Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum). Quite the handsome bird. It makes me think of a Roadrunner with its very long tail and long curved bill. They’re here during their breeding season but are year round in the deeper Southeast. The feeders here at my cabin don’t tempt them, not even the suet, but they love my blueberries. Down in Florida at my Mom’s feeders they are constantly eating the suet at her feeders. Omnivores, Brown Thrashers eat insects, berries, seeds and nuts, earthworms, snails, and an occasional lizard or frog.