Spring Peepers and two other frog species calling in early spring

Sep 30, 2023, 09:38 AM

I grew up in a swampy rural area where Spring Peeper frog calls were a prominent and peaceful sound of early spring. Their peeping starts at just about my childhood bedtime. For a blissful few weeks in March or April I'd fall asleep to their persistent drone. This delicate whistle-like call is one of my favorite sounds on earth.

Recorded by Neal Johnson.

Part of the Music for Sleep project - for more information and to hear more sounds from the collection, visit https://citiesandmemory.com/music-for-sleep/

IMAGE: Peter Paplanus, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons