I really love heading out after a good soaking! This is the second week of the season and the Leopard Frogs and American Toads have just started tuning up. Last week the Leopards were migrating to the calling sites and were jumping all around. They seem to have settled into the breeding sites as I didn’t see any but heard quite a few at Vaughn and Brecksville Station. Toads were everywhere at all the locations I visited and calling at Vaughn Road and West Creek. The Chorus were calling strong, but the Spring Peepers volume almost drown them out. Wood frogs were still calling at Vaughn along with Peepers, Leopards and a few American Toads. West Creak has Toads starting and Green frogs hanging out at the monitoring site. Peepers are calling strong from the Western ponds. Brecksville Station had Peepers and some Leopards. A nice size snapper and a Muskrat were hanging out and gave some diversity along with the DeKays Snake, Green and Bullfrogs. Hopefully I’ll get some audio up this weekend.

This little Redback Salamander was making it’s way along the Brecksville Station FW site.

I was surprised to see this American Toad crawling on top of a log as I headed down to the FW site.

Dorsal view showing the Green Frog’s distinct dorsal folds, they are absent in Bullfrogs.

This dorsal view of a Juvinile Bullfrog is in contrast to the Green frog’s, note the lack of dorsal folds.

An American Toad just hanging out in the parking lot while some males were tuning up in the survey site pond.

I’m sure this little DeKays snake found plenty of good worms to eat as the trails were very wet from the days rain.