{"id":6650,"date":"2012-04-25T02:00:04","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blitransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=6650"},"modified":"2017-06-21T14:19:51","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T19:19:51","slug":"touring-a-frog-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2012\/04\/25\/touring-a-frog-pond\/","title":{"rendered":"Touring a Frog Pond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bluelivingidea.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Frog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6651\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2012\/04\/25\/touring-a-frog-pond\/frog-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Frog.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,392\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Frog\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Frog&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Frog-300x235.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Frog.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6651\" title=\"Frog\" src=\"http:\/\/bluelivingidea.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Frog.jpg\" alt=\"Frog\" width=\"500\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Frog.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Frog-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Frogs are an important part of the ecosystem, but often, they don&#8217;t have enough fresh water to breed.\u00a0 Sometimes, we have to build them a place to live.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a tour of a frog pond belonging to NWF&#8217;s California Director Beth Pratt.<\/p>\n<p>There are several <a title=\"Six Reasons to Get a Pond\" href=\"http:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2012\/01\/13\/six-reasons-to-get-a-pond\/\">reasons to get a pond<\/a>.\u00a0 The biggest one, in my opinion, is that the frogs, toads, and dragonflies that inhabit a vibrant pond eat the mosquitoes that show up en masse during the rainy season.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hzLRtkOxpyw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frogs are an important part of the ecosystem, but often, they don&#8217;t have enough fresh water to breed.  Sometimes, we have to build them a place to live.  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