What is that you hear? That’s right, it is spring and the frogs are out and talking! Here in St. Louis we have several species of frogs that come out and breed early in spring. Males will make their way to the water’s edge and call for females. Each species has its own unique call. In honor of #SaveTheFrogDay tomorrow, here are some species you can hear in and around the St. Louis area this time of year. The spring peeper, a true indicator that spring has arrived. Just like their name implies, s

#NotesFromOurNaturalists - Peepers and Wood Frogs After a quiet and cold winter, nature is about to get noisy as the ground thaws, and amphibians begin to emerge from hibernation and migrate to the ponds and wetlands where they breed. Salamanders don’t raise a ruckus—some even silently slip into vernal ponds before the ice has melted, but the earliest frogs to emerge, spring peepers and wood frogs, are hard to miss. Spring peepers are tiny tree frogs with big voices. Their loud, chirping call is