Shades of green.
While I was birdwatching/photographing from my tent blind in the yard a green frog hopped out of the pond.
It spent a few minutes sitting very still and then went right back in.
I like that you can see the sky in its eye.
Melanistic Great Blue Heron
Melanistic Great Blue Heron The increased development of the dark-colored pigment melanin in the skin and hair of an animal is called Melanism, and is the opposite of Albinism. This great blue heron was found at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ontario. We did a road trip and found it on the Grindstone Marsh Trail in Hendrie Valley. Ardea herodias Great Blue Herons can hunt day and night thanks to a high percentage of rod-type photoreceptors in their eyes that improve their night vision. source - Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
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