Spring Peepers - Sign Of Spring

Each and every March, somewhere between the 10th and the

30th, (during the first extended mild period, usually a

moist period as well) the Spring peepers, those noisy tree

frogs that sound kind of like crickets emerge in area fresh

water bogs. In some cases the sound they emit in unison can

be deafening. While they are a sure sign of spring, there

is usually one snowfall that happens after they come out on

average. The size of a thumbnail, these tiny creatures fill

themselves up with air, as you can see by clicking on the

picture to the left. They let out that mating toot that

becomes more shrill later in the season as they mature in

early May. They probably will hold off until right after

the cold snap due here through early next week, but they

are sure to "hatch" later next week or certainly before

April 1st.





Reference: http://www.capeandislandsweather.com/2006/03/spring_peepers_.html