I have confused frogs

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Temps in the 60's 60/100's of an inch of rain and the frogs are yelling all over the place wondering what happened as they are not usually awake in feb. gail

-- gail missouri ozarks (gef@getgoin.net), February 20, 2002

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Gail, you are in what we Wisconsinites would call the south where 2 inches of snow and 20 degrees is a disaster. In Wisconsin, we would normally have 15 days of below Zero weather by 1 Feb. Our coldest in Southern Wisconsin has been 4 degrees in the first week of January. No frost in the ground and I had nightcrawlers up for 3 nights in late January and up again now. Should be worrying about the water lines freezing 4 feet underground instead of watching the grass growing. Don't hear anyone complaining. With the most unusual warm winter, Wisconsin is expecting a massive deer population explosion as the does are all in excellent condition and will almost entirely be dropping at least twins. But remember, Mother Nature may be fickle at times and just when you think that you've got her figured out, she'll throw something out there to remind you who's boss.

Think Spring!

Martin

-- Martin Longseth (paquebot@merr.com), February 20, 2002.


Heck, that's nothing. I have confused people - in fact, I'm almost a professional. And I've confused sheepdogs AND sheep in the same minute.

I mean, everyone has to start somewhere, I guess, but .... amateurs, SHEESH!

-- Don Armstrong (from Australia) (darmst@yahoo.com.au), February 20, 2002.


Yup, we are doing the spring thing here, too, in South Texas, but I always say you can't be sure you won't have a frost till after Easter.

-- Rose (open_rose@hotmail.com), February 20, 2002.

Here in WV following the hard frost of January when we get the first warm rain, the wood frogs mate. Could they be wood frogs there?

-- Anne (Healthytouch101@wildmail.com), February 20, 2002.

We had a heavy wet snow here a few weeks ago.Don't know if the frogs were fussing about it or what but they were really croaking when it was coming down.

-- VickiP. (countrymous@webtv.net), February 20, 2002.


Our frogs seem to be opportunists here in Oregon, Gail, and I bet yours are the same! LOL They are just gettin' all excited and do that anytime there is a warming trend. I have quite a few different "toad" and frog habitats out around the pond and as far as I can tell, they are all occupied by musicians! Loud ones! LOL LQ

-- Little Quacker (carouselxing@juno.com), February 20, 2002.

I saw some tadpoles last week. I'll be expecting the spring peepers in just a few weeks.

-- Debbie in MO (risingwind@socket.net), February 20, 2002.

A small town in Big Run, PA has a spring peeper banquet. Some guy has been keeping track for years when he first heard the peepers. The saying goes that Spring has not sprung until the peepers have seen through glass (ice) 3 times. But then we also have the infamous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, too!

-- Michael W. Smith in North-West Pennsyvania (kirklbb@penn.com), February 24, 2002.

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