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Mon Apr 29, 2019 10:20 am

First sign of spring , are they loud at your house?

Mon Apr 29, 2019 12:07 pm

That and turtles all over the roads here means springtime, that coupled with pollen and allergies off the scale, love it. :D springtime used to be many VWs running hot and overheating issues. Love that too. :D

Mon Apr 29, 2019 12:24 pm

And carpenter bees started several weeks ago.

Mon Apr 29, 2019 12:29 pm

bigdog1962 wrote: And carpenter bees started several weeks ago.

My Son had those big ass bees @ his last house, we swated them off the deck w/ Tennis rackets... :shock:

And yes, the "peepers" are out, in every pond, swamp ect.

Mon Apr 29, 2019 1:15 pm

was up a bit north this weekend where it was snowing and I could hear the peepers out. Don't think I ever recall experiencing that one.

Mon Apr 29, 2019 1:27 pm

They sound like a thousand rubber balls being stepped on.

Mon Apr 29, 2019 1:34 pm

calvinater wrote: They sound like a thousand rubber balls being stepped on.

I know what the sound like . I grew up next to a swamp in new hampshire. I was just saying I've never heard them while I was watching snow accumulate on the ground.

Mon Apr 29, 2019 2:02 pm

im partially deaf from loud music. i hear nothing. we get tons of squirrels, bunnies and birds galore. a groundhog family under the neighbors shed next door and an occasional stanky skunk. no frogs anymore and i never see turtles.

Mon Apr 29, 2019 4:09 pm

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Mon Apr 29, 2019 4:35 pm

obus wrote: im partially deaf from loud music. i hear nothing. we get tons of squirrels, bunnies and birds galore. a groundhog family under the neighbors shed next door and an occasional stanky skunk. no frogs anymore and i never see turtles.

"What?!"

Mon Apr 29, 2019 4:37 pm

Cusser wrote: ???????????????

I'm puzzled--------is that a "peeper"?? :?

Mon Apr 29, 2019 4:48 pm

We stopped in VA yesterday , busy two lane, to move a big ass snapping turtle that was crossing the road, after seeing a painted turtle at the house in the am.
Lost the brakes in the 01 LR Discovery a few miles later (burst hard line) but that ended well, its good to be alive. Plenty of peepers while waiting on AAA.

Mon Apr 29, 2019 5:35 pm

Cusser wrote: ???????????????

And my first thought was part of an ancient wood plane, the thing that clamps the blade IIRC.

Mon Apr 29, 2019 7:24 pm

I don't know what a wood frog is, but I locked up the brakes on the buggy a couple of nights ago when a huge bullfrog hopped out in front of me on the way home. I was going less than 20mph, but still need to apologize to my neighbors for the midnight tire screeching.

I've been hearing a bullfrog croaking inside one of the drain pipes for a couple of years now. I wonder if this was him/her?

Tue Apr 30, 2019 4:53 am

Can't say I ever jammed on the brakes for a frog but I did for a moose two mornings ago!

The peepers here are pretty quiet this spring due I think to it being exceptionally dry. With a slough out back of the house normally they are almost deafening in the evening this time of year.

Tue Apr 30, 2019 6:16 am

oprn wrote: Can't say I ever jammed on the brakes for a frog but I did for a moose two mornings ago!

The peepers here are pretty quiet this spring due I think to it being exceptionally dry. With a slough out back of the house normally they are almost deafening in the evening this time of year.
Oh-oh.........did somebody drain the swamp?

Tue Apr 30, 2019 9:14 am

iowegian wrote: oprn wrote: Can't say I ever jammed on the brakes for a frog but I did for a moose two mornings ago!

The peepers here are pretty quiet this spring due I think to it being exceptionally dry. With a slough out back of the house normally they are almost deafening in the evening this time of year.
Oh-oh.........did somebody drain the swamp?

Obviously not- you're still here! :D

Tue Apr 30, 2019 9:56 am

Tram wrote: iowegian wrote: oprn wrote: Can't say I ever jammed on the brakes for a frog but I did for a moose two mornings ago!

The peepers here are pretty quiet this spring due I think to it being exceptionally dry. With a slough out back of the house normally they are almost deafening in the evening this time of year.
Oh-oh.........did somebody drain the swamp?

Obviously not- you're still here! :D
Good bern, George. :oops:

Tue Apr 30, 2019 10:43 am

iowegian wrote: Tram wrote: iowegian wrote: oprn wrote: Can't say I ever jammed on the brakes for a frog but I did for a moose two mornings ago!

The peepers here are pretty quiet this spring due I think to it being exceptionally dry. With a slough out back of the house normally they are almost deafening in the evening this time of year.
Oh-oh.........did somebody drain the swamp?

Obviously not- you're still here! :D
Good bern, George. :oops:

Feel it, my broth@!

Tue Apr 30, 2019 9:07 pm

Around the middle of March the German road crews put up fences about 8" tall next to lakes and ponds by the roads and a frog crossing sign. A few things come to mind-protect the frogs and keep the insects down, or keep the frogs off the roads so they don't cause accidents or if there is so many smashed frogs on the road it can get very slick.