Temps reached up into the 50’s for the first time since March 11th, so I went out to see what was calling. Wood frogs and Spring Peepers were going full tilt and it made me wonder if they were calling sooner. My past experience has shown that if temps stay in the upper 30’s and lower 40’s, nothing but an isolated Peeper will be calling. In fact, I’ve witnessed a Spring Peeper calling 03/29/2011 after 3 inches of snow had fallen during the day and the pond surface was glazing over. The leech was an interesting find as was the Predaceous Diving Beetle making short work of the Spring Peeper. Cleveland is supposed to be getting some showers today so I’m curious to see if any more Spotted Salamanders will be migrating like they were on the 11th.

A Predaceous Diving Beetle and Spring Peeper

Can you find the Peeper?

Leech

Eastern Red Spotted Newt

Spring Peeper

Spring Peeper

Wood frog calling

Wood Frog

Wood frogs

Wood frog

Vernal Pool, Hinckely, OH