NLFR calling

[P Auritus]

At Mud lake,near the Welland canal, not only are there peepers and chorus frogs calling at high levels in Niagara region, and wood frogs for the last few days, but I just heard my furst leopard frogs calling.

It is a full chorus, not just a lonely male or 2.

23 C, sunny, and very windy.

I suspect of it wasn't so windy we'd hear more NLFRs calling.

[Frederick W. Schueler]

On 4/3/2026 2:27 PM, P Auritus wrote:
> At Mud lake,near the Welland canal, not only are there peepers and
> chorus frogs calling at high levels in Niagara region, and wood frogs
> for the last few days, but I just heard my furst leopard frogs calling.
> It is a full chorus, not just a lonely male or 2. 23 C, sunny, and very windy.

* in Bishops Mills, it's 19.5°C, sunny, Force 2 breeze, and this evening
I'll be going out to listen for frog calling. None of the native spring
forest herbs are up yet, but Narcissus are sprouting all around, as are
the alien Allium hollandicum, and a few Crocus are blooming under the
Weirs House Red Maple.

I haven't seen any signs of frogs moving, but Vance Trudeau just sent a
video of Chorus Frogs calling at Craig Road, so things have started here.

One of the findings of our 20 years of doing-the-streets is that
juvenile Toads only show up in Bishops in very modest numbers every 4-5
years, and I would like to flood the village with juvenile Toads from
our little pond to see how this affects the on-road counts. In 2024 we
caught male & female Toads and put them in the pond, but they
disappeared rather than laying eggs, so if we can get a pair this year,
I will confine then until they have mated and laid eggs.

Toads should be moving early in the breeding season this year, because
the fields have been clear of snow before the ponds or woods, so if
anyone comes across a pair they would like to contribute to this
project, we could have them lay eggs in our pond, and then return them
to their place of origin.

fred.
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[P Auritus]

Speaking of toads...

Saw a few sitting along an abandoned rail line in a bog. We were surrounded by chorusing chorus 🐸. 

Another sighting... we saw the rare Anne Yagi, patrolling the edge of the wetland.

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[Frederick W. Schueler]

On 4/3/2026 4:36 PM, I wrote:

> in Bishops Mills, it's 19.5°C, sunny, Force 2 breeze, and this evening I'll be going out to listen for frog calling. ... I haven't seen any signs of frogs moving, but Vance Trudeau just sent a video of Chorus Frogs calling at Craig Road, so things have started here.

* I'm just back from doing the Buker Road Block (11°C, clear, force 4
breeze), which has 4 Chorus Frog populations of increasing abundance
around it. No Chorus Frogs at any of the stops, but at Harry Millars
(Bolton & Pioneer roads) faint calling by Peepers from some other site
was audible. Also no Birds calling, and no creatures on the roads.

[rmb...@istar.ca]

I went outside for several minutes around 9:30 p.m. to listen, but no
frogs calling yet. I heard one critter rustling through the leaves
nearby, probably the fox that I've seen on the prowl. While out there
I saw a moth flying through the flashlight beam so I put on one of my
moth lights, was just out and photographed my first 2 species of the
year. A third larger moth was dancing around but didn't land on the
window, it took off into the darkness.

And so the "mothing" begins! I still don't have all my photos from
last year processed. That was supposed to be a winter project to wrap
it up but for some reason this winter went by very quickly and a few
things went by the wayside.

We've got a rainfall warning for Saturday/Sunday with some mild temps,
then cold. I'm sure the rain will kick some activity into gear. I
hope it takes the frost out of the ground and hardens up the mud on my
laneway, my truck is parked at the neighbour's because of a big sink
hole halfway out, we're having to drive the car out and then walk to
the truck. It will be nice to be able to drive in and out again. I
want to be able to drive out to the "laneway pond" when the critters
get fired up. If it doesn't happen soon I may miss the swarms of
salamanders again.

Rose-Marie

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