September 6, 2016 -- Stephanie sent these photos of a visitor to her windshield and then a paddle.
The gray tree frog, Hyla versicolor (aka: eastern gray tree frog, common gray treefrog, tetraploid gray tree frog) is actually a pretty amazing little creature. It is almost exclusively nocturnal and arboreal, living up in trees, which is why we don't see them often. They are usually found on the ground only during mating season, or catching bugs around porch lights.
These frogs can vary in colour, for purposes of camouflage, from nearly black to nearly white, depending on what they're sitting on. They are slower at this than chameleons.
For more on our little neighbours, check out
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_tree_frog
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