With warmer temperatures this week, the spring peepers have started singing their little hearts out. While most nature guides list them as nocturnal, you can't blame the little guys for singing all throughout the day during breeding season. Let's face it, some days, it is only warm enough for them to sing during the day. The poor cold-blooded froggies need the warmer temperatures that the day brings, since it still gets pretty chilly during the night. Not to mention, you never know when your amorous song is going to be rudely interruped by a wintery mix. Hopefully they'll find some nice leaf litter or loose bark to hide in tomorrow.
Some other fun facts, spring peepers like to sing in trios. The male with the deepest voice starts the song, and the other two follow in. And a few of these little guys keep singing away into autumn. It is a nice background. And it is amazing that those little breeders have lasted three years, before they get to mate.
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I enjoyed reading about your spring peepers. I hope your rhododendron has perked up ... it looked rather forlorn in the picture from the other day!
Good blog reading!
Oh, the rhodadedron perked up just fine. Just needed warm up some. I'll post another picture, after this Nor'easter is done. It may be happy in this mess, but my camera wouldn't be!
I envy you your froggies a bit. I'm living in a place that is described as closed to nature, but these suburb is too young for wildlife like that. I have to stay content with different kinds of birdies like blue tit and great tit.
Happy Gardening!
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