If you are like me, the first real sign of spring is the vast chorus of the Pacific Chorus Frogs in the evening. We have a pond near our house and early March has been about the time they show up. It’s one of the really spectacular natural events that are easy to enjoy. Just open your window when you go to sleep. Better than yowling coyotes!
Pacific Chorus Frog Pseudacris regilla
The Pacific Chorus Frog (also known as the Pacific Treefrog) is perhaps the most abundant amphibian on the west coast of North America. The geographic range of these little frogs extends from British Columbia down to Baja California, and from the Pacific Ocean to Nevada and Montana. Within this huge area, Pacific Chorus Frogs can be found from sea level to over 10,000 feet, in habitats that include deserts and redwood forests. If you live within the range of this frog, you have probably heard them calling, or seen them hopping about. Michael F. Benard writes. (Mr. Toad)
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Thank you for writing about a natural phenomenon that is impossible to miss, and yet we don’t talk about it in daily conversation. My child and I spent time at a pond the other day, walking through the grass, slowly, as dozens of tree frogs hopped away from us. Brown, bronze, bright green, green with gold, golden frogs with small areas of green. The diversity was jaw dropping.
I love both the frogs AND the coyotes!
I do too, but they freak out our small dogs at night….