The frogs and toads are awake and calling and driving me batty!
There was one call in particular that was loud and continuous and I just HAD to know what was making that sound. After listening to various recordings, DD and I finally concluded that it must be the Spring Peeper, but not the peeping sound but the comb kind of sound. At first we were saying it sounded like the Upland or Boreal Chorus Frog calls except that ours ended in rising pitch and we weren't hearing the pitch coming back down....
It's mentioned in the description for Spring Peppers as the Aggressive Call and occurs at the end of the recording at this site:
https://musicofnature.com/calls-of-frog ... northeast/
>The aggressive call is a stuttering trill, reminiscent of the calls of chorus frogs: purrrreeeek, usually rising in pitch at the end.
Here are a BUNCH of website links in case they are driving you crazy too.
Manitoba Frog and Toad Calls
https://www.naturenorth.com/spring/sound/shfrsnd.html
Calls of (12) Frogs and Toads of the Northeast - Lang Elliott
https://musicofnature.com/calls-of-frog ... northeast/
NJ Frog and Toad Caller!
https://www.njfrogsounds.com/
DC Frog Calls
https://dcfrogcalls.webs.com/
>Click below one of the fourteen DC-metro area frogs to hear it's call.
Frog calls used with permission of the Virginia Herpetological Society
Frog & toad calls copyright Lang Elliott, NatureSound Studio
The Frogs & Toads of Tennessee
https://www.leaps.ms/soundpage.htm
>Below are listed all 21 species of frogs and toads in Tennessee. Keep in mind that you could still hear a frog or toad outside of the main calling period and that verbal descriptions of sounds vary with the ear of the listener.
ARMI - Frog and Toad Calls
https://www.umesc.usgs.gov/terrestrial/ ... calls.html
>We currently have calls for eleven species of frogs. Click on the thumbnails below to view enlargements of the photographs and to hear calls. Photographs and sound recordings produced by the US Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center.
Frog Calls of the 23 species of Arkansas frogs and toads.
https://arkansasfrogsandtoads.org/frog-calls/
>What we normally think of as frog calls is the “advertisement call” Frog Calls of a Spring Peepermade by males during the mating season to attract females. Those are the calls listed on this page, and the call that this little Spring Peeper is making with his single vocal sac. Males can also make an “aggressive or territorial call” to keep other males out of their mating area. If a male happens to mount another male or a female that is not ready, the offended frog will make a “release call” to make the offender realize his mistake. And finally, when a frog is attacked by a predator or approached by a human he or she may let out with a “distress call.”
>Frog Calling Phenology (timing)
When do the frogs and toads start to call? This will help you practice before you go out to the pond to monitor.
Late Winter/Early Spring: Wood Frogs; Spring Peepers; Southern Leopard Frogs; Chorus Frogs; Pickerel Frog; Crawfish Frog
Spring: American Bullfrog; Dwarf American Toads; Blanchard’s Cricket Frog
Late Spring/Summer: Fowler’s Toad; Green Frog; All the Treefrogs
Anytime after a heavy rain: Narrow-mouthed Toads, Spadefoots
ADW: Frog Calls
https://animaldiversity.org/collections/frog_calls/
>Here's a diverse set of calling frogs. It is not a complete collection for any place in particular, just species we happen to have sounds for.
USGS Frog Quiz
https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/Frogquiz/inde ... ain.lookup
Frog Call Lookup
To hear a species select it below using its common or scientific name.
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