Those may not be the words of Alfred Lord Tennyson but they ring true enough. For a diminutive animal, the size of a thumbnail, spring peepers make quite a bit of noise. A pond full of males peeping ...
At the end of this winter of our discontented warmth, a correspondent in Richmond reported that the peepers were already singing their springsong in his pond. The last of March, this was. The next ...
We are in the throes of fickle spring weather with warm, sunny days followed by nights shaking with the howl of icy winds from the north. Ponds are iced-over every morning only to melt by midday. This ...
A tiny peeper, aka pseudacris crucifer, makes a huge noise. This episode was first heard in March 2018 and was produced by Andrew Parrella. It’s an unmistakable sound; one that elicits memories, ...
Join Evie as she explores the fascinating world of Spring Peepers, those tiny frogs that f Join Evie as she explores the fascinating world of Spring Peepers, those tiny frogs that fill the air with ...
One of the joys of early spring is to hear the noise produced by the little frogs that call Indiana home. These often rather tiny, hard-to-find frogs can drive a person to distraction trying to find a ...
Temperatures that have been swinging up and down over the short spring season have helped extend the spring chorus of frogs and toads across our area for weeks longer than usual. Many types of frogs ...
A spring peeper is pictured at the Audubon Community Nature Center Photo by Jeff Tome Audubon just wrapped up our last weekend of Audubon Lights, where colorful lights and scenes illuminated one of ...
The next time you hear frogs, listen very carefully. If you can discern one frog's high-pitched trill from another's coarse snore, then you might want to consider volunteering as a frog monitor. If ...
Claim to fame: The northern spring peeper is one of the Ozarks’ well-known signs of spring because it is this region’s earliest-calling frog of spring. Although some Ozarkers have never seen a spring ...