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Re: What time of day and year do frogs and toads croak the most?

Subject: Re: What time of day and year do frogs and toads croak the most?
From: "im_rawes" im_rawes
Date: Thu Apr 1, 2010 5:57 am ((PDT))
Mark: Thanks, guess a dusk visit at least is needed. Walthamstow Marshes is=
 maybe not a great place to hang around at night though.

jtudor: Nice recordings on your site, and note with interest the different =
recording setups you're using.

Ian

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London Sound Survey http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk

Supporting Deafness Research UK http://www.deafnessresearch.org.uk


--- In  Mark Phinney <> wr=
ote:
>
> Here at 56 N x 120 W, the frogs aren't even out yet...still no open water=
,
> just lots of snow & ice. They'll start up in another few weeks...
>
> Most frog & toad species worldwide (to my knowledge, anyway) are much mor=
e
> vocal at night, so your best results will probably be after sundown...
>
> Mark Phinney
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>
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 5:02 AM, im_rawes <> wrote:
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> >
> >
> > I'd like to record the croaking of frogs and toads around London. There=
 are
> > a few marshy areas where I'm pretty sure they can be found.
> >
> > But what's the best time of day and year to hear them?
> >
> > Oddly enough I can't seem to find a clear answer to this elsewhere, exc=
ept
> > that overcast days are more promising than sunny ones.
> >
> > Ian
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> > London Sound Survey http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk
> >
> > Supporting Deafness Research UK http://www.deafnessresearch.org.uk
> >
> >
> >
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