I love springtime here in the Ozarks. To most people, the sound most associated with springtime is all the bird songs.
But my world is also brightened by the love-inspired songs that male peeper frogs make during their breeding season to attract the females of the species.
To enjoy them, you need to step outside. If there is any standing water nearby, you will hear their songs sometimes during the day but mostly at night.
Once the peepers start calling, they sound somewhat like crickets on steroids with their “Deep! Knee-Deep! Deep! Deep! Knee-Deep!”
I am always amazed by the passion with which these tiny frogs sing. They do it for a month or more. The survival of their species is at stake.
