Re: spring peepers

Warblerick@aol.com
Sat, 3 Apr 1999 12:04:58 EST


In a message dated 4/1/99 2:57:11 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
paulydia@erols.com writes:

<< Usually our yard--with an old farm pond
 adjacent--resounds with the calls of spring peepers.
 This year, it is almost entirely silent. Has anybody
 else noticed such a change? Any explanations?
  >>

 My explanation, Lydia, is that they wore themselves out calling back in late 
January!!  Frank Boyle and I actually had two frog species calling on the 
Montgomery mid-winter count, in a wet bottomland area off Brighton Dam Rd.

Rick Sussman
Warblerick@aol.com
Ashton,MD