Spring Peeper Calls and Sounds (w/ audio examples)

The Spring Peepers are still going strong. A sound of spring, the chorus of peepers is the sound of the male frogs calling to the females to mate. Only male peepers can sing. They are nocturnal insectivores that are only about one to one and a half inches long. What a sound from a tiny frog! Their calls have registered up to 90 decibels about the level of a lawn mower! These frogs are common but the loss of wetlands is impacting their environment. #springpeepers #peepers #watershed #wetlands #gr

Spring Peeper frog on a clump of rush leaves in Raleigh North Carolina. Spring Peepers are one of the first frogs to begin singing in the southeast United States, a signal winter is coming to a close.

🐸Happy World Frog Day!🐸 One of the first and surest signs of spring is the sounds of small frogs singing in vernal pools and ponds across the Midwest. Two of the most common early spring singers are wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) and spring peepers (Pseudacris crucifer). Both species of frogs gather in large numbers at small, still bodies of water, where the males sing loudly to attract females. Wood frogs sound like a bunch of clucking chickens or quacking ducks, while spring peepers' son

Spring Peepers, Wood Frogs, and a Spring Serenade