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How loud are frogs?
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Posted by Anyanka Surrey, UK (My Page) on Wed, Aug 3, 05 at 11:48
For a couple of weeks now, we've been hearing very loud strange noises at intervals; usually about three calls at a time, then a few minutes' break, then three more or so - and then hours and hours of silence. At first we thought some neighbour had acquired an exotic bird and was keeping it in one of the gardens that backs onto ours. However, sometimes the noise seems to be coming from our pond!
We have two regular frogs in the pond (Statler and Waldorf) - could it be one of them? I thought they would only be noisy at mating season in the spring. |
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RE: How loud are frogs?
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The frogs in and around my ponds sometimes start a 'chorus' of croaking (usually in the evening). They have many different 'voices'/'pitches' etc., but you can TELL it's frogs.
However one of the resident Magpies has started making a sound which sounds like a cross between someone gargling and a crow! Think it's trying to imitate the frogs!
Another Magpie is brilliant at mobile phone ringtones but if it starts mimicking 'The Crazy Frog' I'll shoot it!!!
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RE: How loud are frogs?
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| Thanks, Sue. I don't think it's a magpie as the sound always comes from the same corner, which is why we thought it might be a caged bird. It sort of sounds like a frog, but so loud! |
RE: How loud are frogs?
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| Heard croaking this afternoon in the pond, I wonder if it's due to the flying ants making an appearance so loads of food about so the amphibians are getting excited and territorial. Even the toads are out snacking in the afternoon, and I usually don't seem them in the day. |
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