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  great image! i have toads living somewhere under the porch steps who
  munch under my light every night . down here in the south, its the
  pulsing rhythm of the cicadas that sing us to sleep…

  Comment by johanna — July 28, 2009 @ 7:01 am

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  Very cute and I agree with Johanna. This one sings.

  Now, I’m not sure that I have ever been acquainted with a tree frog before, since I had been a city girl for so long. How will I know when I meet one?

  Comment by Alison — July 29, 2009 @ 9:16 am

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  alison ,

  if you’re serious, they are pretty small, maybe 1″ altogether, greeny brown,
  with moisty skin, sticky roundish toes clinging to trees, bushes and sometimes
  found on greenhouse plants.
  they sing in spring and fall around wet areas. we call then spring peepers- as it’s
  their loud shrill mating calls that are so very present in springtime evenings.
  here’s plenty material for haiku, but i did a peeper series on twitter back in april.
  prose seems best for now. vty, J.

  Comment by johanna — July 29, 2009 @ 10:58 am

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  Thanks, Johanna for the tree frog description. I actually did have a chance to meet a frog today at a friend’s house. It was small and spotted yet I was told it was not a tree frog. So I will look out and listen for them. All these things excite this new country gal and former city girl:)

  Comment by Alison — July 29, 2009 @ 9:01 pm

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  city visitors always say ” it’s so NOISY out here!”
  i say nature singing is not noise…..

  Comment by johanna — July 30, 2009 @ 3:18 am

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