Peeper Day 2023

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Glencadia Dog Camp’s pond has been a source of data… and a bit of noise.

But I don’t know that I know what Peepers look like.

Seasons

Summer to fall now, comes up a lot in my book on moving to the country from Brooklyn.

I’ve been tracking Peeper Day for a bit now. Yet, I’m sure this is not a peeper… which frog exactly is making so much noise?

Not this guy:

Not this one:

Maybe this one?

Peeper Day 2023, Tuesday, March 21

We have a pond here full of these little frogs people call peepers. They “peep” in the spring. The peeping can actually be quite loud. If you stand at the edge of the wetlands or the pond when they start in the evening, the noise can hurt your ears.

In the winter, they bury themselves down in the mud, deep under there somewhere. When it’s been warm for a while, one male frog comes out and starts singing his mating song. The other males don’t want to be left out, so they all come out and sing too. That’s why they peep: the males are trying to attract females.

When one male comes out, they all come out. So, one night sometime in March or April, it’s quiet. The next night, it’s loud. It’s like turning on the light: boom, there they are. So, I have been writing down the date of this marker of spring for a few years.

2023: March 23
2022: March 18
2021: March 12
2020: March 9
2019: March 29
2018: March 28
2017: February 25
2016: March 9
2015: April 3
2014: April 6
2013: March 30
2012: March 12
2011: March 17
2010: March 19
2009: March 27
2008: April 1

Originally published at https://www.glencadia.com on March 23, 2023.

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