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Finally one croaker showed up last night. This is the latest date for them
since they became established, ~8 years! Suppose to be close to freezing tonight, dang, but next week's extended is looking better. ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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~ jan wrote:
Finally one croaker showed up last night. This is the latest date for them since they became established, ~8 years! Suppose to be close to freezing tonight, dang, but next week's extended is looking better. ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us Meanwhile, 3000miles east- we've been having incredibly warm weather. Yesterday's low was higher than the normal high! [53F -- we've had upper 80's for 3 days.] Warm enough so Mr. Toad showed up and even got a taker.. . maybe 2, as there was another big toad on the patio last night while the other 2 were trysting. [unsuccessfully, I think] Last year's toad showed up on the 22nd & got a taker on the 25th. This year things were moved up 2 1/2 weeks. We've also got 16 frogs- and one of them croaked last night. None made a sound all of last year. I think all the frogs are Green frogs. The 2 largest are 4-5" long nose to butt. Then there are 5-6 mediums, and another half dozen 'tiny' ones- maybe 1 1/5 inches. Since my pond is only 8x12 & about 200 gallons, I'm wondering if some will move on to less crowded quarters. Jim |
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On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 09:05:38 EDT, ~ jan wrote:
Finally one croaker showed up last night. This is the latest date for them since they became established, ~8 years! Suppose to be close to freezing tonight, dang, but next week's extended is looking better. ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us I complained about not seeing frogs either. Well, I still don't see many, but I sure hear them now. It almost seems like I have a representative of every kind of frog by my pond. I've got frogs that peep, frogs that croak, frogs that bark, you name it, I've got frogs that do it. They get so loud in the evening that I have to close up the doors and windows here if I want to listen to anything else, and I still hear the frogs in the background. It wouldn't be so bad if they'd all get together and do an opera or even a Gregorian chant or something, but oh no, each one has its own individual score and sense of time, too. It's sort of like hearing an orchestra tuning up before a concert, but not nearly as good. .. |
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Jim E. I'd like your 80's, for a couple days anyway, just to warm things
up. Yesterday weather.com was saying we might see that temp next weekend, now they've down played it that we might not even crack the 70's as promised. :-( When they said cooler than normal April they were not kidding. I guess we're paying for that nice March... and really, the temps are warmer now then in March, if we didn't have the beep, beep, beepin' wind!!! This weekend, besides wind we've got cloud cover too, just doesn't make one want to get out there and get going. On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 02:05:24 EDT, Galen Hekhuis wrote: It's sort of like hearing an orchestra tuning up before a concert, but not nearly as good. One man's music is another's noise. ;-) Currently too cold yet for my lonely croaker to sing passed 8pm. ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:12:32 EDT, ~ jan wrote:
On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 02:05:24 EDT, Galen Hekhuis wrote: It's sort of like hearing an orchestra tuning up before a concert, but not nearly as good. One man's music is another's noise. ;-) Currently too cold yet for my lonely croaker to sing passed 8pm. ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us It wouldn't be so bad if there were just three or four, or even 30 or 40, but there are several hundred out there. They start up around 4:00, and continue on until morning. I'm not really complaining, just squawking a little. After all, I chose to live out here by a pond in the woods. .. |
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Phyllis is less than in love with our chorus...which has not started
yet. Just think, Galen, your pond is getting the official endorsement of hundreds of frogs. That does not make it a brothel...just a favored pond. Jim |
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