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03-23-2007, 05:11 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: RI
Posts: 5,705
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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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Over the Last Several Years HAB'S NEEDLEFISH Have Caught More "Confirmed" 30, 40, 50, and even 60 pound Striped Bass than any other Wooden Needlefish on the Market today. 2 Over 50lbs. and 1 Over 60lbs. in 2005 alone........... "HOOK UP WITH HAB'S" Your Best Bet For BIG BASS.....
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03-23-2007, 06:41 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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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
Posts: 394
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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
Posts: 8,158
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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
Posts: 1,136
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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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03-28-2009, 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!
Last edited by 5/0; 03-29-2009 at 08:12 PM..
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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
Posts: 4,143
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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
Posts: 6,277
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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
Posts: 10,543
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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
Posts: 10,543
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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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03-30-2009, 05:51 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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
Posts: 6,277
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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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03-29-2009, 05:45 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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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: 21,464
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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
Posts: 5,238
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Quote:
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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03-31-2009, 05:07 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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more importantly
Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnnyD
What are Peepers?
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they are the canary in the coal mine
the year that are all gone ...........
will be a very bad one |
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04-01-2009, 05:43 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Cranberry Coast Gateway 2 Cape Cod
Posts: 4,143
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GEZZE I just" sauteed"( SPELLING) a bunch of thoes PEEPERS and I feel Gr8t
we need spell check on the Site BOSS MAN , it took me 10 min. to type this
so, I'm slow and low in the groove to move on to a much more intelligent life but I 'm afraid it won't happen in this lifetime.
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" Happy as a clam at high tide "
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04-07-2009, 10:42 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Recently relocated to the shores of Rhode Island - East Bay!
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Well after weeks of deafening concert like peeping, heard only one or two tonight. Looks like they are gonna have to settle for sloppy seconds.
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03-17-2010, 07:01 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: acushnet,mass.
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First night for the peepers.
a little earlier than last year.
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03-29-2009, 09:04 PM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
Posts: 13,426
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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, 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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03-18-2010, 06:18 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: North Kingstown, RI
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Sounds I love:- Peepers
- Osprey screeching over a creek filled with splashing herring.
- Loons on Echo Lake
- The cacophony of sounds emanating from the Costa Rican rainforest
- Herring gulls
- Bullfrogs bellowing in the night
- Crashing surf
- Screaming drag
- Water filling my snorkel
- The clanging of bell buoys on a foggy night
- The alarm clock – when it’s time to go fishing/diving
Sounds I hate:- Airplanes
- Traffic
- ATVs
- Leaf Blowers
- Assorted industrial sounds
- Bell buoys that have replaced their bells with an electronic noise that sounds like you’ve left your car door open
- Alarm clock when it’s time to go to work
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03-18-2010, 10:28 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
Posts: 4,152
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Some sounds I like:
The sound of a fish hitting a surface lure, be it fresh or salt water.
When a small plane flies over on a quiet day. It's that light droning sound that hits me.
The call of a mocking bird. They can and will mimic any sound that cathces their ear. I once heard one mimic a cat meow on the tip-top of a maple tree, or another time when I heard one mimic a lawnmower.
one last favorite sound (which I do miss here at work) was our old fax machine. When a fax was coming in, it made the identical sound as the channel marker at the entrance to Duxbury Bay. I could here this sound wafting across the bay on a foggy night while fishing the Powderpoint Bridge. The fax machine would pop that memeory into my head all year long, and I loved it.
Sound that I hate Traffic and automobile noises, sirens, sreeching tires, etc....
Loud radios playing unintelligible rap music, cause it really all does sound exactly the same, and it's generally junk music to begin with.
Personally, I hate drunks, no matter what I am doing. I grew up with an alcoholic dad (who did quit) and I don't need to relive those memories EVER.
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03-18-2010, 04:58 PM
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Eels
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Cape Cod,MA.
Posts: 3,333
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I heard-em last night!
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Live bait sharp hooks and timing is all you need
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03-18-2010, 08:10 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 2,939
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No peepers last night but they are screaming right now.
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