Croak of the wild

[dogg57]

BASS RIVER - The night is soft and misty. The moist air carries the music of male frogs looking for mates.
In the deep, dark woodlands of Bass River State Forest, volunteer Steve Mattan listens intently for the "ribbiting" love songs.
At one of Mattan's stops, next to a lake, wood frogs belt out their rhythmic tune.
Sometimes the males even join in a come-hither chorus, hoping their combined vocal skills will trick a female into thinking she is meeting one super toad.
"It will sound like one really loud guy," Mattan explains

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[whippoorbill]

Thanks for the link! Interesting read for us frog-sound maniacs.

I heard a pond full of wood frogs near Sea Breeze a week or so ago. Hundreds of them. It reminded me of the racket carpenter frogs make when they gather for a mass croak. I've yet to muck my way out to the pond itself to take in the full headache effect, but at least I've finally found a pond where multitudes get down and boogie. Once things warm back up a bit, I'll be there, joining in.