Warm weather means the frogs are back! There's something so calming about listening to them in the evenings.
One of the frogs you might hear is well named - the spring peeper!
Cottage Life said, "Spring peepers are one of our tiniest amphibians—smaller than the diameter of a quarter—but their call, a high-pitched, baby chicken-like 'peep,' is audible from at least half a kilometre away."
When they call, male spring peepers inflate a sound-boosting pouch under their jaws by closing their mouths and nostrils, squeezing their lungs, and sending air through their vocal chords.These balloon-like “vocal sacs” look freaky, but serve a purpose: they have a flexible membrane to help ampl
Warm weather means the frogs are back! There's something so calming about listening to them in the evenings.
One of the frogs you might hear is well named - the spring peeper!
Cottage Life said, "Spring peepers are one of our tiniest amphibians—smaller than the diameter of a quarter—but their call, a high-pitched, baby chicken-like 'peep,' is audible from at least half a kilometre away."
Keep an eye and an ear out this year.