Meet the Spring Peeper, Pseudacris crucifer! 🐸 Northern spring peepers are tiny frogs with big voices, and are one of the first sounds of spring in Maine. The northern spring peeper became Maine’s… | Natural Resources Council of Maine

Spring Peeper Calls and Sounds (w/ audio examples)

Spring peepers are small chorus frogs (Pseudacris crucifer) known for their distinctive high-pitched “peep” calls, which are one of the first signs of spring in many parts of eastern North America, including Michigan. What They Are: • Size: Tiny—only about 1 inch long. • Color: Typically tan or brown with a dark “X” marking on their backs. • Habitat: Found in wooded areas and near wetlands, especially in temporary pools and marshes during breeding season. • Sound: Their calls sound like high-pit

Ever hear this sound in early spring and think "what could that bird be?" Surprise, it's not a bird, it's a spring peeper! Spring peepers are a chorus frog that typically lives around woodlands and wetlands, like this one at Stroud Preserve. Thanks to Jarrod Shull for sharing this video. | Natural Lands

The Spring Peepers are still going strong. A sound of spring, the chorus of peepers is the sound of the male frogs calling to the females to mate. Only male peepers can sing. They are nocturnal insectivores that are only about one to one and a half inches long. What a sound from a tiny frog! Their calls have registered up to 90 decibels about the level of a lawn mower! These frogs are common but the loss of wetlands is impacting their environment. #springpeepers #peepers #watershed #wetlands #gr