Peepers
 

Heard my first ones this morning.

The anticipation builds!

Ahhhhhhhhhh Peepers

Me too this afternoon

Very cool! I haven't heard them but the local vernal pools was still frozen over last I looked. Should be good in a couple days though..

Same here. Heard them around 6 tonight when I got home from work :kewl:

Up here too tonight!

Peepers USED to mean it was time to get herring:crying: ..........but it still means they are coming.:happy:

6 day's ago on my bogs wait till april if you walk down the middle of the bogs and there PEEPING it's enough to freak you out it makes your body vibrate it plays games with your inner being there might be better words for this but I'm not fooling you'll be lost for words
come join me it will change you
LINK Sr:smokin:

I love that sound this time of year!!

Last year, 'round this time, maybe later, I was working the mid-shift. Around 0200, pulled into the local parking lot, window down (Real warm that night) and heard them. Turned the car off and sat a listened to them for about 1/2 hour. Partner pulls in and asks what I'm doing so I tell him. To this day, he STILL thinks I'm nuts (Although he is right)

Very peaceful after a long winter. Brings everything into perspective and lets you know that the fishing is not that far off! I love it!!!

i've delved into that phenomenon on numerous occasions
Link....and it's the equivalent of budhist monks chanting
in a temple... as the tree frogs begin an echo melody
that... kind of ricochets off the origional reverberations
of the third kind. i know what you mean.

MountainCaster called from his home in Kentucky. Says "here, listen to this" Holds his cell out so's I can hear the peepers. All is right in the world now.

I went outside to my Jeep last night around 9. It was a veritable peeper symphony. Beautiful early spring night, clear sky, crescent moon, and one lone coyote howling in the woods behind the house. I had to just stand still for a few minutes and drink it all in.

Man, this sure beats the hell out of living on Long Island :humpty:

Had to dig up the peeper threads from past years to check out the dates. First night I have heard the symphony this year. Right on schedule.

This morn as well - Central Mass

Wow a blast from the past!And yes I've heard them out my way too!

I couldn't help myself...I put my little 2pc schoolie rod in the truck last night.

Yep herad them last night when I got home from work. Spring is here

I have them too,I look forward to comming home at night because I know they'll be loud & clear,it's an awesome sound of nature!

2 nite I went out 2 take a wizz on the Bog and I had Peepers on my PE PE THERE BACK ,,, RAVEN in full swing on my dingaling
Link SR
I get no respect:bshake::buds::cheers::rumble:

They woke up last weekend over here in swansea......the herring must have alerted them. :buds:

What are Peepers?

The spring peeper is a small species, attaining an adult size between 0.75 inches (19 mm) and 1 inch (25 mm) long. They have a dark cross on their backs roughly in the shape of an "X" (thus the Latin name crucifer, for cross)[1], though sometimes the marking may be indistinct. The color variations of the P. crucifer are mostly tan, brown, olive green, and gray. Females are lighter-colored, while males are slightly smaller and usually have dark throats. This frog has a vocal sac located by its throat, which expands and deflates like a balloon to create a short and distinct peeping sound. Only males have the ability to make this loud high-pitched noise, and they use it to attract mates. This creature lives in wetlands, marshes, and pond or swamp regions in order to support the aquatic environment the larvae need. The Spring Peeper breeds between the months of March to June, and deposits around 900 eggs that are hidden under vegetation or debris at the water base. After hatching, they transform into frogs and are ready to leave the water in about eight weeks.

ie. Why Link is drawn to the bogs at night.....:lurk:

When the peeps get in full swing , take a walk at night on the bog outside my backdoor it's freaky, no BS even without a couple of wobbly pops it's a wickid pissa experience . Next Sat. night come on down and feel what we feel during this early Spring season ,I even think the ECHO and REVERB adds to it .
ML Sr.

You gotta get out of downtown more often.

A few gallons of acetone into the pond with fix that peeper problem.

-spence

Lived in West Mansfield for 10 years, as far out of town as you could get. 7 houses on one side of the street, forests on the other side and at the end.

Knew the sound, just didn't know what made it.

I saw the frogs coming out last night, peepers are not far away here. We have a few.

I always wondered, what do they do in the winter?

I wished they'd pick one night and have a big -old-orgy and get this peepin' stuff over with......I don't find it as mystical as Mister Link does...


:cool:

We've been hearing them for over a week now. I almost ran one over late thursday night as I was driving home. I don't mind the noise too much, but I hate having them hopping all over my yard and taking up residence in my pool all summer. I scooped 4 of them off the pool cover over the weekend and there was already an egg sack floating on top of the cover.

I might have to take Spence's advice and do something to the little pond next door.