The Great Chorus Frog Hunt!
The Upland Chorus Frog is a species that we should have recorded in Calvert County for the MARA project. However, as of January 2013, there are only two records for the entire county.
We would like to see this species recorded for the project. Your challenge is to listen for these frogs in your backyard during the evening of the late winter and early spring, when the temperatures are above 50 degrees Fahrenheit (10 C).
In order to be accepted for the MARA project, this species must be recorded to be counted. If possible, try to capture the call on some type of recording device.
We would like to see this species recorded for the project. Your challenge is to listen for these frogs in your backyard during the evening of the late winter and early spring, when the temperatures are above 50 degrees Fahrenheit (10 C).
In order to be accepted for the MARA project, this species must be recorded to be counted. If possible, try to capture the call on some type of recording device.
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Be sure that you don't confuse the call of the Spring Peeper with that of the Upland Chorus Frog. These two related species have similar calls, so be sure that you can tell the difference!
Check out the recordings below.
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Upland Chorus Frog: Some people say this frog makes the sound of a person's finger running over the teeth of a comb. In this recording you will also hear a couple of spring peepers in the background.
This is one of the calls of a Spring Peeper. This is an aggression call that the frog makes when another male peeper approaches too closely.
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While Upland Chorus Frogs could be calling from almost any body of fresh water, they seem to favor wet meadows and wooded wetlands as their breeding grounds.
WET MEADOW
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WOODED WETLAND
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