{"id":425,"date":"2012-04-28T08:39:44","date_gmt":"2012-04-28T15:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/?p=425"},"modified":"2013-11-14T09:37:08","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T17:37:08","slug":"save-the-frogs-day-frogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/2012\/04\/28\/save-the-frogs-day-frogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Save the Frogs Day #frogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blooming flowers are one of the most common visual signs that Spring is returning to the US Mainland.  Audio clues come from many animal sources, including the Green Frog &#8211; <i>Rana clamitans melanota<\/i> &#8211; seen and heard in the weeds of a backyard pond.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_426\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-426\" data-attachment-id=\"426\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/2012\/04\/28\/save-the-frogs-day-frogs\/2012-apr-07-rana-clamitans-melanota\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/12sc9979.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,400\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 2012 David Allio&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D60&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;2012 April 07 | Saturday:  Green Frog - Rana clamitans melanota&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1333809488&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 2012 David Allio - All Rights Reserved&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;2012 Apr 07: Rana clamitans melanota&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Green Frog | \u00a92012 David Allio\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2012 April 07 | Saturday:  Green Frog &amp;#8211; Rana clamitans melanota&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Green Frog | \u00a92012 David Allio&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/12sc9979.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/12sc9979.jpg\" alt=\"Green Frog | \u00a92012 David Allio\" title=\"Green Frog | \u00a92012 David Allio\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/12sc9979.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/12sc9979-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/12sc9979-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Green Frog | \u00a92012 David Allio<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While governmental agencies in the State of Hawaii have declared many frogs, including specifically the little but loud Coqui &#8211; <i>Eleutherodactylus coqui<\/i> &#8211; to be an invasive pest and have been responsible for a variety of experimental eradication programs, other states are now attempting to save frogs from extinction.  Three Governors from the adjoining Southern states of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina have issued proclamations extolling the virtues of frogs.<\/p>\n<p>This photograph selected for <strong>Save the Frogs Day<\/strong> was created in a natural setting using a Nikon D60 camera equipped with a Nikkor AF VR Zoom 55-200mm f\/4-5.6G IF-ED lens set to the maximum focal length.  The hand-held exposure was made under a partly obscured sun at 1\/250th of a second with a lens aperture of f\/9 and a film speed of 400 ISO.  Regarding composition, subject placement was critical in an image that is more weeds than frog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blooming flowers are one of the most common visual signs that Spring is returning to the US Mainland. Audio clues come from many animal sources, including the Green Frog &#8211; Rana clamitans melanota &#8211; seen and heard in the weeds of a backyard pond. 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