Frogs in Vermont

Did you know that baby frogs like to have fun?  When I was about 7 years old while vacationing with my family in Vermont in the early summer, my brother and I went exploring at a frogpond.  Bullfrogs were bellowing in the distance but we were attracted to the little beach and the nearby cattails and moss on the rocks.  In no time at all, I found a little baby frog still with a bit of tadpole tail and I scooped it up.  I held it in my hands for awhile observing its behavior and then thought I'd better get it back in the water.  At the edge of the little beach I threw the little frog up into the air and into the pond about 10 feet out and waited.  Soon I saw a little frog swimming up to the beach and I put my hand down palm side up and this little frog climbed onto the palm of my hand.

 I looked at this frog and thought, "This is the same frog.  It has a little rusty colored edge on one of the 5 black spots on its rear end".  I threw the frog back into the water.  The same frog swam back to the beach and climbed on my hand again.  I thought, "This is fun"!  My brother got involved as well as a few other baby frogs.  We threw our frogs into the water and waited for them to swim back to our hands.  We did this over and over again until the baby frogs were tired which was about 4 times in a row.