On Mar 28, 5:38 pm, "ReelMcKoi" wrote:
"Gill Passman" wrote in message

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ReelMcKoi wrote:
Where are the frogs? We heard them a few weeks
back and now..... nothing! By now we also usually
see them all around and in the ponds. Many small ones
that managed to get through the netting. All I heard last
night was one lone frog calling from somewhere in the
distance? Are the frog numbers normal where you are?

The frogs here in my pond (SE England) spawned a couple of weeks ago

Gill

They should be spawning here also, yet there are almost
none. I've only seen one toad. This is very strange. Last
spring we were overrun with several types of frogs and
the usual common toads. There are no nets on the ponds
now so they should be even more attractive to the local
amphibians. There are plenty of newts thought.

Even my neighbors farm pond a few hundred feet away
is free of chorus frogs. :-\ The din from there has always
been deafening when on the front porch.

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RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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We have had fewer and fewer frogs here in DE also. We used to have a
dozen or so Leopard Frogs in the pond, but I haven't seen one in 2 or
3 years. We do have several Bullfrogs, and they may be the reason for
no Leopards.
Our Peepers started peeping last week. When they are at full tilt we
cannot keep the sliding door open in the den and still hear the TV. We
have not reached that point yet, however. And the temps have been at
freezing or below several nights the past 2 weeks.
I understand frogs are becoming less prolific in the last 10 years. I
do not know why, unless it is loss of habitat. But these guys here
haven't lost anything. We back up to a woods with a lot of marshland/
swamps in it, so they should be happy there.
Hope yours show up, they can be a source of entertainment in a quiet
garden.
Nan in DE