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it sounds like a squirrel tree frog, but....
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Posted by dirtgirl (My Page) on Mon, Jul 19, 10 at 23:52
I'm in Jefferson County, southern Illinois so it can't be.
So far I can't locate the creature making the call, but I have successfully got sound recording of it. It showed up about a week ago in the yard, and consistently sings from the same location. It got my attention right away because it doesn't sound like any of our crickets or katydids, and yet it doesn't match any of our frogs or toads either. It's a repetitive, nasal quacking , given slightly slower than about twice a second, and it goes on for minutes at a time. Totally unlike the clicking marbles of a cricket frog or comb-clicking of a chorus frog.
When I got on the computer and started comparing recordings of other possible frogs, the squirrel tree frog one gave me chills, yet it can't be because that's a deep south amphib.
Anybody got any suggestions? I have the Illinois Natural History Survey guide to reps and phibs but I must be missing something.
I havent figured out how to save info from the sound card on my camera, so I'm ashamed to say that for now the best bet would be to hold the thing up to the phone for an expert to listen to. It's quite a good recording and when I play it simultaneously with the recording from the computer website, it's pretty eerie.
I have GOT to get a look at what's making this call! |
Follow-Up Postings:
RE: it sounds like a squirrel tree frog, but....
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| Try putting the recording on some sharing site and posting a link here, so we can go and listen. I am thinking Gray Treefrog. Their rain song can sound just like the Squirrel that it is uncanny. We have Grays here in Western NC that make me think "Squirrel" many times. |
RE: it sounds like a squirrel tree frog, but....
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| Nope, not a GTF...after toads, we have more GTS here than anything else this time of year and I am totally familiar with their calls, especially when it's a droughty year and they make those calls from under the rim of the toilet. They can certainly locate the nearest water when necessary. I actually found the suspect making the new calls the other day and it sure looked a lot like one of our chorus frogs, and I know their springtime clicking-the-teeth-on-a-comb call. One thing I don't know is what their non-breeding calls are like. Do they have a rain call?
This thing sure could put out a lot of noise for such a small frog. |
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