Frog Crossing
By Anna
@LadyDuck (471421)
Switzerland
February 25, 2016 9:23am CST
As every year the migration of frogs has started.
After the winter hibernation, they are moving to the ponds to lay the eggs.
They will remain until the end of April.
The usual "Frogs Crossing" sign has appeared on the main road.
I know that some of them will come to our pond.
Soon the nights will be filled by the croaking of the frogs.
By mid May our pond will be filled with dozens of tadpoles, enjoying the sun and eating mosquito larvae.
Do you have frogs in your area?
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
25 Feb 16
I dont Anna. I love the sound of them though.
That is a very cute sign.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
25 Feb 16
@LadyDuck lolz
Although it is funny to me, I am sure I would also get annoyed if there Anna. Poor you. You must get some sleep medicine for them.
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@LadyDuck (471421)
• Switzerland
25 Feb 16
@TiarasOceanView I remember that one night, I think it was late April, I went outside with a torch to try to chase them. They were more annoying than usual. They calmed down after my visit.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
25 Feb 16
The frogs in our pond - spring peepers my husband calls them - started last week. They make so much noise all day and night I can't stand it. If I had know I wouldn't have bought a house with a pond.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
25 Feb 16
@LadyDuck If they shut up at night it would be OK, but I can hear them as clear as a bell when I go to bed....I yell at them but they don't listen!
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@LadyDuck (471421)
• Switzerland
25 Feb 16
@AbbyGreenhill I do the same, my neighbors do the same, but they don't listen.
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@lilnana1111 (2305)
• United States
27 Feb 16
I have never seen a frog crossing sign before, learn something new everyday.
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
25 Feb 16
The frigs in the swamp sing all night long, even when it got cold and we had snow flurries, they sang. I am sure we have frogs all year round.
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
26 Feb 16
You are lucky that you could see frogs around you. Here in New Delhi, due to massive urbanisation and jungles of concrete, there are very few pools/ponds left. Please do not feel surprised, if I say that I have not seen a frog for ages in my area.
I remember we used to have lots of frogs in rainy season around us, when we were little kids. We used to even catch hold of them in our palms and they would piss on our hands because they get very nervous, if caught.
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
26 Feb 16
@LadyDuck - I forgot to mention that you have uploaded an awesome picture.
Ha ha ha ha........at that time we were kids and too young to understand that we should not do such things to tiny frogs. It was all in fun.
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@LadyDuck (471421)
• Switzerland
26 Feb 16
@dpk262006 Thank you, the one in the picture is our pond.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
28 Feb 16
I haven't seen a frog in ages. We do have ducks and geese.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
28 Feb 16
@LadyDuck We have the famous Canada Goose and in the fall there are thousands that pass and stop to rest in Montreal before they go south for the winter.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
28 Feb 16
@TheHorse You went to Michigan for Summer Camp? Did you live in the state back then?
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@whiteream (8567)
• United States
25 Feb 16
That's cute, I have never seen anything like that before. no frogs around here
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@whiteream (8567)
• United States
25 Feb 16
@LadyDuck they should be around here. The last timme I saw a frog was over ten years ago
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
28 Feb 16
@whiteream Depending on what part of the United States you live in, you probably have them, but never look where they are hiding.
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
27 Feb 16
Rarely we see toads. That too in rainy days only...
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@LadyDuck (471421)
• Switzerland
27 Feb 16
@Daljinder Yes, toads are not cute and sometimes they are even poisonous.
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@Fishmomma (11377)
• United States
8 Feb 17
I miss frogs, as none in my community that I have seen. The city next to me use to have some near the creek, but they are gone. Its probably our normally dry area and a lack of water.
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@allknowing (136541)
• India
26 Feb 16
That's a thoughtful sign indeed. I do not like the sound of frogs nor frogs as they attract snakes
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@allknowing (136541)
• India
26 Feb 16
@LadyDuck I am not sure if the snakes that come to eat frogs are poisonous or not but I would not want to have them around. The size of snakes does not determine if they are poisonous or not.
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@LadyDuck (471421)
• Switzerland
26 Feb 16
@allknowing I know, we have poisonous snakes in the area, but they stay up in the mountains. I can recognize local poisonous snakes and what we call "water snakes", that are those that are in my garden.
@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
25 Feb 16
No frogs in my area. It'd be nice to see some frogs though!
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
25 Feb 16
@LadyDuck I bet I can be annoyed by the sound too!
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@LadyDuck (471421)
• Switzerland
25 Feb 16
@infatuatedbby Yes, sometimes in summer they are so loud that you cannot sleep.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
25 Feb 16
We do have frogs. Love all the varied calls they have. I know the frogs do the same thing here but have only seen it once. I was trying to get out of a state park and the roads were covered in huge bull frogs. I just had to wait them out or crush them under my tires there were that many. Didn't want to do that so I waited for like 30 minutes, then there was a thinning of the crowd, hubby got out of the car and chased the rest off the road so we could go home.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
25 Feb 16
@LadyDuck Yes it was sunset here too when we saw them moving across the road.
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