Today is the first day of spring AND World Frog Day. 󾇗 What better way to celebrate than enjoying the sounds of native New Jersey frog, the spring peeper. Have you been hearing them too? #worldfrogday #springequinox | New Jersey Forest Service

The Spring Peepers are still going strong. A sound of spring, the chorus of peepers is the sound of the male frogs calling to the females to mate. Only male peepers can sing. They are nocturnal insectivores that are only about one to one and a half inches long. What a sound from a tiny frog! Their calls have registered up to 90 decibels about the level of a lawn mower! These frogs are common but the loss of wetlands is impacting their environment. #springpeepers #peepers #watershed #wetlands #gr

Spring Peeper Calls and Sounds (w/ audio examples)

Did you hear chriping last night? Spring peepers are coming out of hibernation making their distinct chirping sounds. Many inland areas heralded their sounds. Coastal communities may have to wait a couple more weeks. | New Jersey Forest Service

Spring Peeper frog on a clump of rush leaves in Raleigh North Carolina. Spring Peepers are one of the first frogs to begin singing in the southeast United States, a signal winter is coming to a close.