I have a gazillion tree frogs living under the siding of my house all year long. In the spring and especially after a rain they screech louder than any toad or bull frog. Here is a picture of one of my toads showing you how it's done. I also have pictures of the tree frogs, but not in this computer. Glenda
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And by the way: if you don'd know how they "do It". The males get on the females back, wraps his front legs around her and squeezes the eggs out of her and fertilizes the eggs as they are being expelled. I have read this and witnesses it as they are doing it. Of course they were looking at me at the time, saying, "Pleasssssse!" Glenda

In my experience, if you're hearing it anywhere off the ground, its a tree frog. they have an incredibly loud trill call. In fact, I can get them going just by trying to imitate their trill.
We had tons last year. I can't believe how loud they are.
To be honest with you, I can't remember what my toads sounded like! But I'm sure they're less loud than the tree frogs.
Of course, if you could see one, you'd know for sure...since frogs are green and toads are brown.
See if you can go out and imitate the sound, and if they talk back, they're tree frogs.
Here's a pic of toads mating. The poor female. Sometimes I think she'll drown with that weight on her.....but it always seems to work out. I do try to make sure there are things for her to grab onto and rest awhile. Hahaha.....everytime I see them in this position, I hear that song in my head "He ain't heavy, he's my brother".....but instead I hear "he ain't heavy, he's my lover". lolololol!
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oh my.. you two have made me laugh so hard... pleeeeze.. ha ha.. and pictures? ha ha I bet they were loving you taking that...
my tree frog was about as big as your thumb nail and very bright green..
And the frog/toad I heard was even going at it at midnight last night, he was so loud I could hear him through the closed window.

I forgot I had this pic of a tree frog. Its brownish, but alot of the time, its light green. It likes to spend alot of time on this little ledge on the outside of my shed.
A couple of nights last summer, I had to close my windows, since they were so loud.
I have seen them on the lip of my stocktanks too, singing their hearts out.
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P.S. My busyfamily,
You may see billions of frog eggs in your pond, and millions of tadpoles, but its pretty common to just see a few frogs/toads from all those.

I have a gazillion toads also. Last year one night I counted 25 grown toads within 10 feet of my pond at one time. I had to really step carefully not to step on them. I also had familes of 5 and 6 of bull frogs, Leopard frogs in addition to the toads and tree frogs.
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Nice pics Glenda.
Do you have any trouble with your bull frogs eating birds and other small animals?
Is the first pic a bull frog? I don't seem to have them here, but from what I hear, I'm glad I don't!

If they ever caught or went after a bird or small animal or fish, I didn't know anything about it. I think I have lots of insects for them to eat. The first picture is of a Bull Frog. And I think that is why I have so many toads. Lots of insects flying around the lights at night. I have solar lights around the pond and that is always where I saw the Bull Frog. He won't let me get too close. I saw both him and her together a few nights ago. I saw most of the pond frogs all winter. But only saw one or 2 of the tree frogs and none of the toads during the winter. I didn't want them either until they came. Now I like them. But my fish are really large now and I don't worry about them so much. Glenda

Glenda, if you are talking about the frog that is sitting on the lily pad,[top photograph of two] That is a Leopard Frog [also called a Grass Frog].
"Horton"

Here is a link that might be useful: Frog photographs and calls.

Horton, Aren't you seeing 3 frog pictures? The first one is the Bull Frog. The second one is the Leopard Frog. and the third one, I can't remember. I only knew which was the Leopard because you told me last year. Someone sent a website that identified a lot of frogs and the 3rd one was on it, but I forgot what it was. Glenda

Glenda, my profound appology. The first time I looked there was only two photographs there.
The first one showing the Bull Frog must have been slower in downloading onto my computer and I did not see it until now.
I thought it was strange that you would mix up those too frogs.
Sorry again,
"Horton"

I had some toads visit me last spring and they were way too loud at night. My bedroom windows are right by the pond and they kept me (and my husband) up all night! My hubby finally got a big bucket, trapped them and took them about a mile away to a creek. Every time he did this, they would return the same night. We did this for about two weeks straight. We finally just got some ear plugs. I don't like them. They're cute and all, but they're a nuisance, I think. They lay those stringy eggs and then the overpopulation of tadpoles pollute the water and I hear are even poisonous to fish!! I would rather not have these guys visit my pond. Talk about sleep deprivation! My DH finally asked if he could just shoot them with his beebee (sp?) gun and I told him absolutely NO! He is an animal lover, but the sleep deprivation got to him.

The frog on the lilypad is a Southern Leopard Frog. They have the yellow spot in the center of the tympanum.

What is the third one?

I believe it might be a barking tree frog.
Pretty cool.

I can tolerate just about any sound from nature. Its the human sounds that drive me NUTS. (like my neighbor who rides his motorcross cycle through the woods. GGrrrrrr)
I wish a giant frog would eat him. :)

CT the bottom or third one is the bright green spotted one. It is a lot bigger than any tree frog I have ever seen. I thought that it was you that gave me a website last year on identifying all kinds of frogs. I looked it up at the time, but can't remember what it was. I'm going to try to find that website again. Glenda

OOps, It was Shiollie that gave it to me. Looks like mine is a Barking Tree Frog best I can tell. Here's the website.

www.nwf.org/frogwatchUSA/frogs_state.cfm?

Mybusyfamily
Likely what you have is a Pacific Chorus Frog, the native treefrog here in Oregon.

They are VERY loud and very small.

I've got hundreds making a racket in my yard right now. I'm used to it though the first year it bothered us.

well I only heard him the one night and he hasn't been back or if he is out there he is being very quit.. I was so hoping for several.
I suppose I will have to do more tadpole collecting this year.. and block them off from the gluttonous fish.

I never had frogs when I only had one pond with fish. Even when I brought in eggs and tadpoles. Now that I have several small ponds without fish, I have hundreds of frogs. I have them in container and liner ponds. They just showed up, I did not collect any eggs or tadpoles. I'm in the middle of Portland. Not near a natural area.

I love playing with my tree frogs. I go out, and start calling them, and they sing back.
I love how nature works. The second they sense water......can be rain or me just watering the flowers.....they start up their mating calls. Isn't that wild? They must be able to smell or hear water and know that their eggs might have a chance to survive, and they start singing. Even if I water with the hose for just a short time, they start singing.

Isn't photo #3 a green frog?

Oops, sorry, no. I was thinking of something else. He IS green, though!

They can be INCREDIBLY loud. I didn't have any frogs last year(drought?), but the year before you could hear them in the house , with the windows closed, over the sound of the TV, and my sister could hear them over the TELEPHONE as I was talking to her! She wanted to know what the heck that sound was in the background! :-D

Ok he/she was out again last night. I haven't heard him in days.. I did try to make the same croaking sound he did to see if I could get him to talk to me but I did it so badly that I'm sure he was thinking "wow.. if she's as ugly as her voice"... ha ha .. my husband thinks he is in our wood pile close to the pond, but it's hard to tell cause if you go out that way he shuts up.