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03-23-2007, 05:11 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: RI
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Peepers
Heard my first ones this morning.
The anticipation builds!
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03-23-2007, 05:18 PM
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Needlefish Nazi
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 1,754
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Ahhhhhhhhhh Peepers
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03-23-2007, 06:41 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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Me too this afternoon
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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03-23-2007, 06:45 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Southeastern MA
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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..
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03-23-2007, 07:25 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
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Same here. Heard them around 6 tonight when I got home from work  |
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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03-23-2007, 07:53 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,543
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Up here too tonight!
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“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.
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03-23-2007, 08:12 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: newport
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Peepers USED to mean it was time to get herring  ..........but it still means they are coming.  |
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03-23-2007, 09:26 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Cranberry Coast Gateway 2 Cape Cod
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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
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" Happy as a clam at high tide "
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03-23-2007, 09:30 PM
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No Shorts On
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Bassachusetts
Posts: 1,109
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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!!!
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03-23-2007, 09:36 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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Quote:
Originally Posted by missing link
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 |
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. |
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03-24-2007, 03:29 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
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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.
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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03-24-2007, 09:13 AM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
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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  |
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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03-27-2009, 09:50 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,543
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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.
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“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.
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03-28-2009, 08:01 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Recently relocated to the shores of Rhode Island - East Bay!
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This morn as well - Central Mass
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03-28-2009, 08:12 AM
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Registered User
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Location: RI
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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.
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03-28-2009, 10:59 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: south hadley ma
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Yep herad them last night when I got home from work. Spring is here
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03-28-2009, 03:58 PM
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Eels
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Cape Cod,MA.
Posts: 3,333
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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!
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Live bait sharp hooks and timing is all you need
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03-28-2009, 07:27 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Cranberry Coast Gateway 2 Cape Cod
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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
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" Happy as a clam at high tide "
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03-29-2009, 09:26 AM
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Callinectes sapidus
Join Date: Oct 2001
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They woke up last weekend over here in swansea......the herring must have alerted them. |
 ... it finally happened, there are no more secret spots
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03-29-2009, 03:37 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 5,238
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What are Peepers?
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03-29-2009, 03:41 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
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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.
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“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.
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03-29-2009, 03:44 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nightfighter
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.
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ie. Why Link is drawn to the bogs at night.....  |
“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.
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03-29-2009, 04:28 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Cranberry Coast Gateway 2 Cape Cod
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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.
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" Happy as a clam at high tide "
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03-29-2009, 05:45 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnnyD
What are Peepers?
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You gotta get out of downtown more often. |
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03-29-2009, 05:48 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: RI
Posts: 21,463
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A few gallons of acetone into the pond with fix that peeper problem.
-spence
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03-29-2009, 08:32 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Mansfield, MA
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Originally Posted by striperman36
You gotta get out of downtown more often.
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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. |
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03-29-2009, 09:04 PM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
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I saw the frogs coming out last night, peepers are not far away here. We have a few.
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03-30-2009, 05:51 AM
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Location: Recently relocated to the shores of Rhode Island - East Bay!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nightfighter
This creature lives in wetlands, marshes, and pond or swamp regions in order to support the aquatic environment the larvae need...
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I always wondered, what do they do in the winter? |
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03-30-2009, 06:53 AM
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Callinectes sapidus
Join Date: Oct 2001
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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...
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... it finally happened, there are no more secret spots
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03-30-2009, 08:46 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Easton, MA
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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.
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