Jeepers, creepers … I found some Spring Peepers! #Wordless Wednesday #Chorus in the forest

Posted on April 24, 2024 by Linda Schaub

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

About Linda Schaub

This is my first blog and I enjoy writing each post immensely. I started a walking regimen in 2011 and in 2013 I decided to create a blog as a means of memorializing the people, places and things seen on my daily walks. I have always enjoyed people watching, so my blog is peppered with folks I meet or reflections of characters I have known through the years. Often something piques my interest, or evokes a pleasant memory from my memory bank, so this becomes a “slice o’ life” blog post. I respect and appreciate nature and my interactions with Mother Nature’s gifts is also a common theme. Sometimes the most-ordinary items become fodder for points to ponder over and touch upon. I retired in March 2024 after a career in the legal field. I was a legal secretary for almost 45 years, primarily working in downtown Detroit, then working from my home. I graduated from Wayne State University with a degree in Mass Communications (print journalism) in 1978, though I’ve never worked in that field. I would like to think this blog is the writer in me finally emerging!! Walking and writing have met, shaken hands and the creative juices are flowing in Walkin’, Writin’, Wit & Whimsy. I hope you think so too. - Linda Schaub
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55 Responses to Jeepers, creepers … I found some Spring Peepers! #Wordless Wednesday #Chorus in the forest

  1. Barbara Rodgers says:
    April 24, 2024 at 6:34 am

    Those are some impressive vocal sacs! I’m a little envious that they stuck around for you while you got some pictures. 🐸

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      April 24, 2024 at 8:05 pm

      I was impressed too Barbara. It was incredible to watch that happen while they sang, reminding me of chewing bubblegum and blowing bubbles with it. And the noise was so loud – you could hear them all over Elizabeth Park.

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  2. ruthsoaper says:
    April 24, 2024 at 6:36 am

    Awesome Linda! I know that is something you always look/listen for. 🙂

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      April 24, 2024 at 8:10 pm

      You have a good memory Ruth – you are correct about looking and listening for those Peepers every Spring. Every year I look for them and this was a nice surprise, in the grass which was saturated with water from all the rain we had about 10 days ago.

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  3. rajkkhoja says:
    April 24, 2024 at 7:14 am

    Beautiful they’re. They sounded .

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  4. Anne Mehrling says:
    April 24, 2024 at 7:39 am

    So cute! Made me giggle.

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  5. Zazzy says:
    April 24, 2024 at 8:44 am

    Oh! I wondered what a peeper was! I was trying to picture a bird with a throat sack – and I’m sure there are some, but probably not around here? Lovely peepers!

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      April 24, 2024 at 8:50 pm

      You know there probably are birds with “peeper” in their name … I know there are “creepers” … these guys were very loud, singing to find a mate and in waterlogged grass that made a huge pool of water. Very cute and very loud!

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  6. SelmaMartin says:
    April 24, 2024 at 9:12 am

    so very cool. I love this!

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  7. Laurie says:
    April 24, 2024 at 9:14 am

    Awesome photos, Linda. I think the amphibians you have pictured are American Toads. (You can tell by their “warts”.) They make a racket in the springtime too. Peepers have a black “mask”.

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      April 24, 2024 at 8:58 pm

      I’m glad you liked them Laurie. Considering how small they were, (about an inch), they sure made a lot of noise singing out for mates. Well, so I didn’t find Spring Peepers then? Well that burst my bubble and I do admit I did wonder about one thing – you had always told me to look for Peepers in the early morning or at dusk and these were in the middle of the day and they were in singing away at the top of their collective lungs!

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  8. Terri Webster Schrandt says:
    April 24, 2024 at 10:11 am

    oh I love these frogs, Linda! Excellent captures of them in full croak!

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  10. Rebecca says:
    April 24, 2024 at 3:47 pm

    It’s always fun to spot these. Very nice photos, Linda!

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  11. TD says:
    April 24, 2024 at 4:53 pm

    What does one have to do to find his on this planet?!?! 🐸🐸

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  12. singlikewildflowers says:
    April 25, 2024 at 12:59 am

    Wonderful photos! Not only did you get the frog photos. But it’s vocal sac too.

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  13. Shelley says:
    April 25, 2024 at 6:29 am

    The clever title and the captures fit so well, Linda, way to have your camera at the ready to catch such fun photos. 

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  14. Kate Crimmins says:
    April 25, 2024 at 9:30 am

    Love frogs. Miss my pond. 😦

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  15. Ally Bean says:
    April 25, 2024 at 9:44 am

    No one has mentioned Kermie! I see a frog I immediately think of Kermit and remember… it’s not easy being green. Wonderful photos.

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      April 25, 2024 at 8:35 pm

      I like Kermie too Ally! I have a Wordless Wednesday coming up in two weeks which is kind of about Kermie. I’m glad you liked the photos – they are only about an inch big, so I zoomed in on them. Laurie tells me they are not Spring Peepers but regular frogs since they have warts, but she says they do sing like Peepers!

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  16. AnnMarie stevens says:
    April 25, 2024 at 11:56 am

    Miss Linda………………………………COOL pictures…………………………….thanks…………..

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  17. Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog says:
    April 26, 2024 at 1:14 am

    Wow, Linda, great shots! You even got one that is inflated! 😊
    If you didn’t see my last comment to you in my blog of last week, check it out please. I wrote some good supplement tips (of supplements that i take) that a famous cardiologist had recommended for successfully preventing heart issues.

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      April 26, 2024 at 8:33 pm

      Glad you like my photos Tom – I was amazed at the size of the throat while it was singing. Reminded me of blowing bubbles while eating bubblegum.

      I just went over to your site and my comment is there – I usually wait to ensure my comment is there. That is a good idea with the supplements – I try to eat as healthy as possible, especially important as heart disease runs in the family.

      I am having issues with WordPress. Can’t reply in the “Comments” section, only the “Notifications” section.

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      • Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog says:
        April 27, 2024 at 10:51 pm

        WordPress is goofy sometimes, Linda. Now, in my site, each time i reply to someone, i have to click something and inform WordPress of my email address. Things were more simple before!

        Yes, i advise looking into getting those supplements. They are super good preventative products to take. 

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      • Linda Schaub says:
        April 28, 2024 at 8:13 pm

        A lot of things seem to be going on with WordPress these days Tom. It makes it more frustrating for us bloggers these days.

        I am going to do just that Tom. I also thought I’d make a trip to Walmart for the whole-grain/seed Crunch Masters crackers you told me about and I Googled around and learned Kroger and Meijer also carry them. I thought it was a Walmart brand and didn’t realize that was a name brand.. They look delicious and crispy!

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  18. singlikewildflowers says:
    April 26, 2024 at 1:47 am

    You got front and center seats!!

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  19. Dave says:
    April 28, 2024 at 11:41 am

    These frogs (or is it “frog”?) look like metal sculptures placed delicately in the water. I’m going to assume they moved a little so at least you knew they were alive?

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      April 28, 2024 at 8:18 pm

      There were actually several frogs Dave … the one in the header image was the cutest as it was staring right at me and so I moved in a little closer and it began singing, looking like it had two pieces of Bazooka bubble gum in its mouth. 🙂 The next one was larger and did a side profile for me. I lucked out as this was not a pond, but in a big park, near the woods and because we had so much rain the grass was flooded and they were sitting on the leaf debris from last Fall. They are only about an inch big!

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  20. indianeskitchen says:
    April 28, 2024 at 11:01 pm

    How in the world did you get such amazing pictures? Every time I walk around a pond they always jump in the water.

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      April 29, 2024 at 6:54 pm

      I was just lucky Diane. I could not believe the noise they were making “singing” at the top of their lungs. There were maybe 30 of these tiny frogs, each about an inch big. This was at Elizabeth Park and we had had a lot of rain in the days before I went, so portions of the grounds were flooded. The frogs were sitting on leaf debris that was still in the grass, so they had a place to sit and sing. I took a ton of photos hoping that the singing part with the expanding vocal sac would turn out and I was happy it did.

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