It's finally April (one of my favorite months) and one night this weekend I heard one of my favorite sounds- spring peepers!
I live out on a rural road in a very rural town, so hearing these little frogs is no problem. I love opening the window or stepping out on the porch at dusk and hearing their chorus echoing across the cornfield and pastures. I can just imagine a whole group of the little peepers gathered around the edge of a small pond, hidden by the brush.
What fascinates me is how tiny they are for the volume they produce. I'm not an expert of course, but from what I just googled heard, they're only 1- 1.5 inches in length and I could hear them loud and clear up on the hill across from my house (probably a little more than a quarter of a mile- with lots of trees and bushes in between).
I don't particularly know why I love these amphibians so much, but one thing's for sure- they mean green trees and blossoming flowers are just around the corner!
P.S. Oh and the explanation of this post's title: Peepers are called pinkletinks in Martha's Vinyard and tinkletoes in New Bruswick... heehee
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