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Toy
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USA
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 Posted - 04/21/2006 : 17:14:41
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Today I got to listen to frogs doing their mating calls ALL day long. They were still singing away when I left at 3 PM to head home. I work in the country. My office trailer is on the side of a hill & just below is a pond. The pond is there for drain off & also fire emergencies, as there are no hydrants near by. There were at least 6 frogs calling & calling pratically non-stop. I could not believe how LOUD they were & how determinded to get a mate. I could see them, but couldn't get close enough to get a real good look at them. At first I thought that one of the guys was running some weird sounding machine in the shop. So off I go to find out what the heck this noise is & low & behold it was those darn frogs, LOL.
A few weeks ago we heard toads calling. We thought they were young turkeys, as they sounded like several birds calling back & forth. Come to find out that these 2 toads had just come out of the mud/hyberniation were calling back & forth. It amazed me how loud such a tiny reptiles can be.
Toy
Life is too short to sweat the small stuff.
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macawdreams
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Posted - 06/07/2006 : 02:23:21
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Hey Toy, it's a good thing they aren't near your house. I can only imagine how long it would take before one of your birds decided to start repeating the sounds. LOL  Now THAT would be funny!
Angie R.
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Rhonda
Top Gold Member
USA
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Posted - 06/12/2006 : 17:38:45
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Toy I had to laugh at your frogs! We have Koi ponds and at night the rain tree frogs sing so loud they hurt your ears. We are under that hurricane watch right now and it's raining like mad and the frogs are singing their little toad butts off. AND I've got tadpoles in my ponds like someone told them they could use my ponds for a breeding ground! lol......The other day I went to roll open our 6'foot umbrella and didn't realize the frogs had decided to hide in there and use it as a great little house. One of them dropped out on me and I squealed like a school girl. Clammy little thing. I now watch for tree frogs when I roll it out, it only took once for the little long legged booger to jump on me and I've learned my lesson. So beware of Frogs, they'll jump ya when you aren't expecting it! lol But I do love to watch them, they are so interesting. Tonight will be another symphony with all the rain we are getting and you are right, it's amazing their little voices can have that much music to belt out. lol
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Toy
Top Gold Member
USA
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Posted - 06/12/2006 : 21:13:38
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NO tree frogs here. We're too cold for them. What we have are Bullfrogs. BIG suckers, LOL. I no longer work there, so I don't get to hear them. Ours hybernate all winter long & come out in spring to mate, then by late summer/early fall they dig down into the mud & get ready to hybernate again. One year I had one that hug around my yard. He loved to dig down in the dirt in one of my potted plants. I was ready to buy him a "Toad house", but he moved on.
My friend had a Big Bullfrog in her Koi Pond. She watched it catch & eat a bird!!
We also have other smaller frogs & toads, but most stay close to the ponds/creeks & swamps.
Praying you all make it thru this storm safely :).
Toy
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Singing Frogs!!
