April 18, 2014
2014 A to Z Blog Challenge
A Rural Life
Day 16
P is for Peeper Frogs
We’re almost through the third week of the 2014 A to Z
Blogging Challenge. Everything is going
good on my end. I’m keeping up with the schedule. By now, day sixteen, the
blogs are mostly written and I’ve even prescheduled tomorrow’s post so we can go play, weather permitting.
So thanks for coming with me this month and joining in the
2014 A to Z Blogging Challenge.
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What do you hear when you step outside after dark?
In the country, the sounds change with the seasons. Summer
brings the sounds of noisy insects like cicadas and katydids, and the eerie
bark of foxes. Autumn is the time when the little screech owls make their
presence known as their calls join the rustling leaves. Winter’s sound is that
of the cold wind whipping through the trees. And spring brings the chirping
song of the tiny peeper frog.
It’s amazing such a tiny creature can create such a riotous
cacophony of sound. They begin to sing as soon as whatever signal brings them
out of their winter hibernation. One night, if you’re lucky, you’ll hear one or
two crystal voices. Pause to enjoy it because the next time you hear the
peepers, the sound will fill the night with such a din that identifying an
individual voice is impossible.
In all my years I’ve not seen one of the nocturnal peepers.
I don’t guess I ever will since I don’t plan to go out into the woods at night
to locate their colony. (I'll leave that to the folks who took the picture.) But every year I step outside and listen because when
the peepers sing, I know it is truly spring.
(This year I first heard them on April 11th. Spring is here!)
(This year I first heard them on April 11th. Spring is here!)
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5 comments:
Tree frogs had made an appearance here sometime mid-March, and I do remember standing out on my porch one evening and thinking "Huh. Guess spring is on its way, finally!"
Now, we've had several frosts since then, and I'm still not sure we're done having frosts yet, but the plants and the wildlife seem to have said "Screw winter!" so far, and are finally going about their springtime things. It's encouraging to see!
I didn't know they were so small. They are cute little thing, to be a frog.
Our weather is still pretty chilly overnight, but it's getting there. The peepers have been quiet for a few nights. They probably went back underground. But they'll be back!
For frogs, they are sort of cute. Kinda admire the princess for being brave enough to kiss one. ewwwww.
Passing on my journeys up and down the A to Z list glad to see all is well. Good luck, I will say you have a rather diverse blog.
Rob Z Tobor
Thanks for stopping by, Rob. I'm a person of diverse interests and talents. I enjoy sharing a small portion of them here at Between the Keys.
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