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February 20: Spring peepers
Feb. 20th, 2011 08:32 pmPeepers!
I went out for a short evening walk with my dad when I arrived at the farm on Friday, and the first thing I noticed was that I could hear a faint chorus of Spring Peepers. They're tiny little frogs with high pitched voices. Alone I guess it would sound like a baby bird peeping, but hundreds of them together (which they always are) can be quite loud. You'd have to shout over them, at times. You almost never see them, but you'll be driving along in early spring and when you pass a low, wet area or damp wooded area, suddenly the air is filled with this high, pulsing frog chorus. It's very atmospheric and a strong aural sense memory for me.
You can listen to a single peeper here and the lovely, pensive chorus here.
I went out for a short evening walk with my dad when I arrived at the farm on Friday, and the first thing I noticed was that I could hear a faint chorus of Spring Peepers. They're tiny little frogs with high pitched voices. Alone I guess it would sound like a baby bird peeping, but hundreds of them together (which they always are) can be quite loud. You'd have to shout over them, at times. You almost never see them, but you'll be driving along in early spring and when you pass a low, wet area or damp wooded area, suddenly the air is filled with this high, pulsing frog chorus. It's very atmospheric and a strong aural sense memory for me.
You can listen to a single peeper here and the lovely, pensive chorus here.