topic Re: Spring Peepers in Garden

Spring Peepers

Allegheny — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 15:21:00 GMT

We had a couple of mild days last week (SWPA) where the night temps were in the high 40S/low 50s.

I was standing outside on our deck, the only sound was silence. Then like a switch was turned on the chirping of the spring peepers filled the air. I was actually startled. I don't ever remember hearing them in March.

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Sunny515 — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 19:37:58 GMT

A sure sign of spring here in Western PA. I haven't heard them yet, although my son, who lives near by, has.

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jannabelle1 — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 23:38:08 GMT

I'm in the Midwest and haven't heard of a "Spring Peeper".....is it a bird?

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hayseed00 — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 00:40:19 GMT

@AlleghenyNothing like the sound of the peepers in the spring, I enjoy their soothing sound and the wonderful earthy smell of a spring evening.

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hayseed00 — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 00:43:35 GMT

@jannabelle1 They are little night tree frogs, around dusk they start making a melodic peeping sound.

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Allegheny — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 02:01:22 GMT

@jannabelle1 If you enter "spring peepers sound" in Google you can hear them on a You Tube recording entered via the AudubonGuides

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jannabelle1 — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 00:12:34 GMT

@Allegheny, thank you...I'm going to look them up now. I don't think I've ever heard of them!

Edited: Just looked them up and listened to the Spring Peepers. What a nice sound - sort of like a soft whistle, or maybe bells. We definitely don't have them where I live.

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wagirl — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 14:41:36 GMT

Our peepers usually start their opera in Feb but this year we had that whole month of nothing but snow on the ground. I live in western WA. Was too cold for them. I have a creek that runs thru our property and along the roads and it is a chorus of peepers--then something moves and they all stop then they all start up again. Love it!!

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Allegheny — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 19:22:12 GMT

@wagirl

I thought it was a little early for our area in Pennsylvania. I only heard them that one night but as our weather is warming up I expect to hear them more frequently. The propery next to ours has a small pond and there is also a stream coming thru our neighbor's property.

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joannecha — Sun, 07 Apr 2019 09:09:01 GMT

West MI here. I heard them yesterday. My Daddy and I used to have a contest. The first one to hear them in the spring bought they other person a Jones ice cream.

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violann — Sun, 07 Apr 2019 10:21:07 GMT

We used to own a home where we’d find them in the lawn. They are THE MOST teeny tiny adorable little guys. I was always afraid I’d step on them.

This last week, I went to a noon Mass at a nearby Church fairly near a pretty pond, and there they were, peeping away, when I got out of the car. The sweet Spring singing is a sound I’m afraid my grandchildren might never hear, so as they get a little older, I’ll be trying to introduce them to these meaningless, immensely important experiences so they’ll know some of the things that shaped Gaga/Grandma’s life in her simpler growing up world.