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Sunday, March 24, 2019
Wood frogs erupt
</div>Dozens of male wood frogs sing in the waters of a small woodland pool. These frogs are explosive in their vernal breeding habits. Over a period of a few days they enter the pool, sing and mate, leave egg masses, and depart.<br /><br />I was in the Killbuck Valley of Wayne County, Ohio yesterday, mostly photographing waterfowl and other birds. While slowly driving along a country lane, I heard the frogs and of course had to stop to admire the frenzy.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9d0f02R3kAh4JIodPtA6rbtRXfHL6Kcpwh7Yie88uzqKP1wypENYqLJtgddsGe3sAEZ0RzZLxBZKFrEMiJR4SZrXpe9svIP3mX2hOwjdV0hNX-VzpEm0aJ4NdXuAjUS8na5yE5HDc58/s1600/Wood+Frog%252C+Rana+sylvatica%252C+Killbuck+Marsh%252C+Wayne+Co.%252C+OH+March+23%252C+2019+%252828%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="1600" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9d0f02R3kAh4JIodPtA6rbtRXfHL6Kcpwh7Yie88uzqKP1wypENYqLJtgddsGe3sAEZ0RzZLxBZKFrEMiJR4SZrXpe9svIP3mX2hOwjdV0hNX-VzpEm0aJ4NdXuAjUS8na5yE5HDc58/s400/Wood+Frog%252C+Rana+sylvatica%252C+Killbuck+Marsh%252C+Wayne+Co.%252C+OH+March+23%252C+2019+%252828%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>A male wood frog "sings" while floating. The pouches along its sides are inflated in this shot, and the frog calls with such explosive intensity that it creates conspicuous ripples in the water. A pond such as this, full of singers, is awash in rippling frog aqua-tremors. Standing amongst a chorus of wood frogs in spring is something everyone should experience. The sound reminds people of, variously, distant ducks quacking, chuckling, or turkeys gobbling.</div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzC_9l2lIhCWoBoZKq_laF80vEOhEcS6kqFMcRgZOn3zFMat-Op1oCemhAZKZS92mrF_KVulVgHIRmdrBIb' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0' /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's a video of one of the frogs singing away.</div><br /> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author vcard'> Posted by <span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://www.blogger.com/profile/05653750238113717234' itemprop='url'/> <a class='g-profile' href='https://www.blogger.com/profile/05653750238113717234' rel='author' title='author profile'> <span itemprop='name'>gamalofficial</span> </a> </span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> at <meta content='https://nature21world.blogspot.com/2019/03/wood-frogs-erupt.html' itemprop='url'/> <a class='timestamp-link' href='https://nature21world.blogspot.com/2019/03/wood-frogs-erupt.html' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' itemprop='datePublished' title='2019-03-24T19:59:00-07:00'>7:59 PM</abbr></a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> </span> <span class='post-icons'> <span class='item-control blog-admin pid-1756776128'> <a href='https://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=5123161226652189154&postID=7279598528652612880&from=pencil' title='Edit Post'> <img alt='' class='icon-action' height='18' src='https://resources.blogblog.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif' width='18'/> </a> </span> </span> <div class='post-share-buttons goog-inline-block'> <a class='goog-inline-block share-button sb-email' href='https://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=5123161226652189154&postID=7279598528652612880&target=email' target='_blank' title='Email This'><span class='share-button-link-text'>Email This</span></a><a class='goog-inline-block share-button sb-blog' href='https://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=5123161226652189154&postID=7279598528652612880&target=blog' onclick='window.open(this.href, "_blank", "height=270,width=475"); return false;' target='_blank' title='BlogThis!'><span class='share-button-link-text'>BlogThis!</span></a><a class='goog-inline-block share-button sb-twitter' href='https://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=5123161226652189154&postID=7279598528652612880&target=twitter' target='_blank' title='Share to X'><span class='share-button-link-text'>Share to X</span></a><a class='goog-inline-block share-button sb-facebook' href='https://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=5123161226652189154&postID=7279598528652612880&target=facebook' onclick='window.open(this.href, "_blank", "height=430,width=640"); return false;' target='_blank' title='Share to Facebook'><span class='share-button-link-text'>Share to Facebook</span></a><a class='goog-inline-block share-button sb-pinterest' href='https://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=5123161226652189154&postID=7279598528652612880&target=pinterest' target='_blank' title='Share to Pinterest'><span class='share-button-link-text'>Share to Pinterest</span></a> </div> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-labels'> Labels: <a href='https://nature21world.blogspot.com/search/label/lithobates%20sylvatica' rel='tag'>lithobates sylvatica</a>, <a href='https://nature21world.blogspot.com/search/label/wood%20frog' rel='tag'>wood frog</a> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'> <span class='post-location'> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='comments' id='comments'> <a name='comments'></a> <h4>No comments:</h4> <div id='Blog1_comments-block-wrapper'> <dl class='avatar-comment-indent' id='comments-block'> </dl> </div> <p class='comment-footer'> <div class='comment-form'> <a name='comment-form'></a> <h4 id='comment-post-message'>Post a Comment</h4> <p> </p> <a href='https://www.blogger.com/comment/frame/5123161226652189154?po=7279598528652612880&hl=en&saa=84935' id='comment-editor-src'></a> <iframe allowtransparency='true' class='blogger-iframe-colorize blogger-comment-from-post' frameborder='0' height='410px' id='comment-editor' name='comment-editor' src='' width='100%'>
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