The day was cloudy, rainy, and wet but also very warm....throughout the day we wondered... could it be? Will it be tonight? Yes! Time for the spring peepers! For us these are the little heralds that sing in Spring! My oldest daughter would really like to participate in an Amphibian Crossing program but this year we settled for our own frog hunt and watch last night when we heard their calls. We slowly drove down our dirt road and when we spotted anything hopping we stopped and made sure they got across road safely. Here's a sampling of the critters we saw...

This fellow was the largest and we think must be a toad.


This one was a little smaller.....

And this one smaller still....

We ended by taking a walk around our local lake where we found two more species...
And finally, our favorite...so small!
We are hoping to do it again and bring Daddy along (he missed this one because he was still at work). We'll let you know if we spot anyone new! I did try to look them up but I'm pretty baffled...the most obvious one is a leopard frog but we're not sure about the others. We do know it is the last littlest guy that makes the loudest peep.