Years ago, as I wandered Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat in spring, the seething energy of life after winter seemed intensely joyous. That walk inspired a kids\u2019 poem. My delight never waned. There\u2019s a magic in the first signs of spring, a sense of gratitude, and relief at the renewal ahead.<\/p>\n
Nothing represents that feeling more than hearing chorus frogs. Stop alongside a cattail-edged pond, especially a place too shallow for fish. Listen! That rasping, insistent sound is often likened to running your fingers along the teeth of a comb. It is loud and incessant, until you step too close when it abruptly stops.<\/p>\n
Where on earth is the sound coming from? You\u2019d expect a largish creature\u2014maybe of bullfrog proportions\u2014but no. If you\u2019re lucky enough to find these tiny frogs, perhaps by seeing ripples in open water between cattails, you\u2019ll see that they are merely an inch or so long and well camouflaged. Wait until the frogs start chorusing again, and you\u2019ll see an almost translucent amphibian, its throat pouch swelling with air like a mini balloon, as it calls to find a mate. Sounds are audible, around 65 decibels (comparable to a vacuum cleaner or hair dryer) and can be heard from up to a half-mile away.<\/p>\n
The frogs call by pushing air from lungs to the throat sac and back over their vocal cords. Frogs don\u2019t hear through external ears as we do. They have eardrums (a flat round patch behind each eye) and inner ears.<\/p>\n
Once males find partners and mate, the cycle begins. Females lay clusters of eggs (frogspawn) that they attach to vegetation. In two to three weeks eggs hatch into tiny tadpoles, which feed on algae and grow apace. At this stage, tadpoles breathe through gills. Only later when they begin to morph into froglets do gills shrink and lungs take over. It takes 12-15 weeks for tadpoles to become frogs. Adult frogs are carnivores feeding on insects, spiders, worms, and snails. They catch food with a long tongue and swallow it whole (their eyeballs press downward to aid swallowing).<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, tadpoles and frogs are trying not to become food for other animals. They may become prey to skunks, raccoons, herons, snakes, shrews, and fish. Even bullfrogs, a non-native species that has changed the frog dynamics in many wetland areas, will eat them.<\/p>\n
No wonder chorus frogs are constantly alert to movements and sounds around them. How do they avoid becoming prey? First, they stay hidden and silent when necessary. Second, frogs have poison glands in their skin and may taste bad, an off-putting, if not lethal, deterrent. The best defense for small frogs is probably escape by leaping. With luck, their powerful hind legs can propel them far enough to avoid becoming dinner.<\/p>\n
Life is precarious. Frogs are lucky if they survive five years in the wild; most don\u2019t make it that long. To survive to winter, frogs must hibernate beneath the ground or in mud at the bottom of ponds, completely still and scarcely breathing. There they\u2019ll stay until the nights warm, and spring finally comes. To survive for the long haul (they have been around since dinosaur times), frogs need fresh, untainted wetlands and unspoiled habitat. They need to survive the chytrid fungus that threatens amphibians worldwide and has already decimated frog populations in many places.<\/p>\n
Collective nouns are always fun\u2014a gaggle of geese, a murder of crows\u2014and now think of \u201can army of frogs.\u201d\u00a0 As you enjoy the army of frogs this spring, join the army of people championing their well-being!<\/p>\n
\nOpera of Spring<\/strong><\/p>\n
Ten bullfrogs croak the bass
\nIn their harsh ribbits deep.
\nTwenty leopard frogs are tenors
\nPeep, peep, peeping as they leap.<\/p>\nFive mallards quack the alto
\nAs they swim across the pond,
\nWhile a robin sings her descant
\nFrom a lacy willow frond.<\/p>\nWhat\u2019s this rhythmic, lilting lullaby
\nThe marsh dwellers sing
\nIn the mossy, musky evening?
\nIt\u2019s the opera of spring.<\/p>\nBy Ann Cooper<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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