Today is all about frogs. Where have they all gone?
I used to be bothered by Spring Peepers. I live across a street from a wetlands area and the Spring was filled with their calls. That was OK. They were so collectively constant, it was just background noise. But I have a small 5' pond just outside the bedroom window.
And they would individually croak, which drove me nuts at night! I have acoustic ceiling tiles in the bedroom window to dampen the noise. But last year, I realized I wasn't hearing any frogs. They are all gone. A whole swamp of them vanished!
I am baffled. My neighbor who's yard borders the swamp, doesn't know why they vanished either. Ive read about frog-diseases wiping them out sort of like beehive diseases and parasites. Or it is climate change. Or pollution.
I still have regular green frogs (Leopards?). in my pond. They don't bother me. I've even grown some.
Fed them and put a log in the tub so they could climb out. If we are losing some, I want to help the others...
Marley and Lori sometimes catch one. But for everyone they catch and play with, 19 probably survive. Between the pond and the creek-like drainage easement and the swamp, they have lots of good places to exist.
But I think we are "extincting" too many small ignored animals...
