On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:50:01 CST, Lar wrote:

LOL...we have always had a toad that had hung out around the patio
catching insects attracted to the light. Then the pond came and the
first night of completion he was on it's edge singing away, ahhhhhhh.
Then the second night came he was joined by a few buds and they were
apparently starting their own singing group in need of much practice.
Night three I counted 11 males competing for 3 females and was really
expecting the neighbors to start calling about the noise coming from the
back yard. Last Summer was year two for the pond and more times than not
there was a male singing away and would be more noticeable on the nights
when there was no noise from the backyard.

Lar

Here I have tree-frogs, the majority of neighbors love the sound.
Unfortunately I have young non-naturalists living next to me. They (I
assume) turned me into the city, I got a nasty letter about my "pets". I
canvassed the neighborhood with a letter explaining the situation and
shaming whoever turned me in without notifying me (even anonymously). Then
I gave my e-mail address. I got 12-15 out of 18 letters positive responses
so that kind of narrowed down who the anonymous people were... and last
year they E-ed when it got too loud. I now try to catch as many males as I
can each night... which means there is always a couple out there. We'll see
this year if that keeps the neighbors QUIET!. ;-) ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State