Roger Grady
July 16th 03, 06:53 AM
"Lee Brouillet" > wrote:
>Our Southern Toads are "good" for about 4 cycles each Spring/Summer. Their
>trilling is pretty nice, except when you get a whole slew of them in the
>pond, in which case they become deafening! The large ones are females, and
>the smaller ones are males. They are extremely single minded, and don't stop
>what they're doing for any*one* or any*thing*. The first time my grandson
>saw them, he thought the big ones were giving the little ones swimming
>lessons (I hope he still thinks that way!) I've scooped them out of the pond
>and deposited them in the plants in the garden, and even *that* doesn't
>interrupt them. If you only have a couple of males singing for the ladies,
>enjoy them!
Oh I do enjoy them - this is the first time I've heard them around
here other than in the spring and I was curious if they do this
elsewhere. Maybe I have a southern toad who hitched a ride north.
They certainly are focused on their work when singing. I've patted
them on the back and poked at their throat sack with no effect on the
trilling. I wish I could ignore distractions like that - I wouldn't
always be forgetting what I was doing :-).
Roger Grady
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>Our Southern Toads are "good" for about 4 cycles each Spring/Summer. Their
>trilling is pretty nice, except when you get a whole slew of them in the
>pond, in which case they become deafening! The large ones are females, and
>the smaller ones are males. They are extremely single minded, and don't stop
>what they're doing for any*one* or any*thing*. The first time my grandson
>saw them, he thought the big ones were giving the little ones swimming
>lessons (I hope he still thinks that way!) I've scooped them out of the pond
>and deposited them in the plants in the garden, and even *that* doesn't
>interrupt them. If you only have a couple of males singing for the ladies,
>enjoy them!
Oh I do enjoy them - this is the first time I've heard them around
here other than in the spring and I was curious if they do this
elsewhere. Maybe I have a southern toad who hitched a ride north.
They certainly are focused on their work when singing. I've patted
them on the back and poked at their throat sack with no effect on the
trilling. I wish I could ignore distractions like that - I wouldn't
always be forgetting what I was doing :-).
Roger Grady
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