Peepers!

Two nights ago, April 12, we heard the peepers for the first time this year.  It is amazing that one night all is silent and the next night the sound of hundreds or thousands of tiny newborn animals fills the air.

The Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) is a small frog common throughout the Eastern US and for many of us who live near wetlands, the sound of peepers is another sure sign that spring is coming.  Next to Clam Pudding Pond, we have a small pond that is nearly inaccessible from thick brush that surrounds it.  This tiny pond is home to peepers and, later on, a few bullfrogs.  If you've never heard peepers, click the link by  the picture for a sound sample:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Springpeepers.ogg