Sunday, March 16, 2014

The Frogs Were Deafening.

Wow!!!  The frogs on my place were yelling their heads off last night.  We had a grey, rainy day ahead of the cool front that was moving in and the frogs seemed to really enjoy it.  I think it is just wonderful to step outside and be serenaded by frogs and owls.  I really like living here. . . most of the time.

Now, that got me wondering what all was yelling.  The owls were easy to identify, they were barred owls.

But then there were the frogs.  Now they were deafening!!  And not so easy to identify.  The bull frogs are easy to identify, but I didn't hear any of them last night.  May not be quite warm enough for them yet.  But the smaller ones, the ones we call "Spring Peepers" were hard at it.  The one below, I have seen at different places around my property and resting in the daytime on my buildings and things:

  I can not identify which ones I was hearing but they could have been some of the below:




 
 
But there always has to be a control.  This bird is doing its part in keeping the frogs from taking over the world.  I hope he doesn't do too good of a joy because without my frogs, there would be a lot more mosquitoes bothering me.


And yes, I borrowed all the above pictures from the Internet.  Now, you all have a great day and try not to croak, you hear?

12 comments:

  1. I missed your last blog til now,, how do i do that?
    When i had my pond in front, i had those yellow striped frogs,, northern leopard frogs,, looked them up. Don't know how they found it.
    Love to hear the nite noises too.

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    1. It is a mystery how they find them, but my theory is that the birds get frog eggs stuck on their feet and the fly off to another body of water. Presto.. new frogs in new places.

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  2. Oh Dizzy... you are making me homesick! Spring in Ohio means spring peepers, wood frogs, bull frogs... and whippoorwills.... and redbud and dogwood. The sounds, the smells, the greening up..... I feel like that John Denver song... Take Me Home, Country Roads.... I may not be from WV, but Ohio's close ;-)

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    1. Living my first 35 years or so in western PA, I know exactly what you are talking about. I got most of those things down here except the whippoorwills.

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  3. Interesting. My frog is still croaking outside my house, but when I get near the window he clams up. I know he can't see me but must feel the movement of my walking toward the window? Puzzling.

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    1. I am sure he is picking up vibrations from you walking nearer to him or her.

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  4. We really enjoy hearing the spring peepers, and miss hearing the whippoorwills. Last time I heard them was around the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse about 10 years ago.

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    1. When did they start peeping over your way? Around here, they don't keep quiet for very long.

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    2. I guess the ice and snow has muffled the sound, cause I ain't heard them yet. Usually it's around the first of April.

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  5. Not too many frogs here in West Texas but I would much rather hear them than Mom's drunk neighbors and their music.

    I got a kick out of that yellow frog...do not think I have ever seen one like that in person.

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    1. I haven't seen very many frogs but I sure can hear them!!

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