Ep. 267 : Listening to the Spring Peepers

Photo taken by Nat.

Eardrum bursting calls of the Spring Peepers are a very welcome sound for me. To borrow a phrase from Kim Stanley Robinson, their “cascading recombinant chaos” preaches a promise of Spring, and it fills me with immense joy. So much so, that when I first heard it this year I dragged my students across the road to listen to the frogs scream their little hearts out. I later went back, twice, to record them. Once on my own, another time with my partner to capture the wailing, and read a little bit about them so as to learn more. That’s all this show is about. Praise for the choir.

To learn more :
Metamorphosis by Peter B. Mills. Self-published.
Familiar Amphibians & Reptiles of Ontario by Bob Johnson. Natural Heritage, 1989.

I mistakenly said at the end of the show that I read from Amphibians and Reptiles of the Great Lakes Region by James H. Harding & David A. Mifsud, but I ended up skipping it in the actually recording in the field. It’s a good book worth checking out though.