Frogs

I moved to the Sun City/Menifee area of Riverside when I was about 8 years old and lived there until the age of 13. During the first half of those five years, I remember seeing what I believe to be Baja California Treefrogs in my backyard. We lived in a newly developed area and found a lot of different forms of wildlife around our backyard. We used to catch the frogs and let them go. It was fun to try catching them, and getting to experience a frog up close and personal which was something I hadn't gotten to do before. During the winter, we would find some frozen and would wait until they would thaw. It was fascinating to watch them go through the seasons. I remember through the duration of my time in Riverside that I started seeing less and less frogs. They seemed to disappear as the years went on. They seemed to realize that they would need to find a new habitat, or they merely died as it became less and less rainy. I know the Treefrogs on the West Coast of North America aren't technically endangered in any way, but it's strange to see the way they are pushed out of their habitats by humans. We push out so many species to make room for us and it seems to be having very negative and dire effects on our environment.