The Sounds of Spring

You can listen for the signs of spring from the frogs, Canada geese and the Sandhill Cranes, they are telling us that spring has arrived in Minnesota.

The frogs begin singing as soon as the ice is out in the ponds, usually in early April. The frogs come to the ponds to breed and the males “sing” to attract females to the pond. At times the sound can be extremely loud around a frog pond in the spring.

The first species of frog to come to the pond is the wood frog which makes a “clucking sound”. If you played a tape recording of a male wood frog in a pond, a male might aggressively come right up to it and begin calling. Also, wood frogs are quick breeders, staying in the pond for only a few weeks.

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