I had a nice hike this weekend in Prince William Forest along the Quantico Creek trail.  While stopping to take a photograph of some of the early flowers that are coming out, a bug (I thought) jumped through my line of vision. When I made a closer inspection of the ground I discovered the ‘bug’ was a gray tree frog.  He was tiny, could have easily sat on the tip of my thumb. I lowered my tripod to the ground and with a 105mm macro lens, moved in as close as possible to take the photograph above.  The frog was a willing subject and stayed fairly still for its portrait.  (Take note of the toe of its rear foot hanging on to a stem, reminds me of ET.)

To get an idea of the size of this frog, here is a picture  from a little farther away. when I first noticed it.  Do you see it?

A number of these flowers (below) have sprouted up along the banks of the stream, the only blooming plant I came across today. These flowers are also very tiny and I had to wait awhile for the slight breeze to stop before getting a sharp picture.

I always see a lot of fungus along this trail but this red variety really stood out on the forest floor.