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Chorus Frogs, Awaken, 2019-04-21

Coming out right around sunset, the first members of a pod tentatively cree-eek and ribbit their way until more come up from their overnight burrows to join. Pacific Chorus Frogs, despite their oft confusing alternate name Pacific Treefrog, lives in burrows and grasses in marshy wetlands. While some frogs may make their way into shrubs while hunting food, they are primarily ground and shallow-water dwellers.

I love Pacific Chorus Frogs. Whether you know it as Pseudacris regilla (Pacific Chorus Frog) or Hyla regilla (Pacific Treefrog), its voice is instantly recognizable. Being so common along the West Coast, regilla, was the easiest source available for sound recordists to use in film and television. Along with the American Bullfrog, it quickly became the dominant sound of "frog" in film.

This little 1-inch frog makes its voice known. Coming out right around sunset, the first members of a pod tentatively cree-eek and ribbit their way until more come up from their overnight burrows to join. Soon, very soon, a full chorus begins and they roar to life as a deafening wall of amphibia for hours until the nighttime air cools below their comfort zone. As they slowly make their way back into their burrows, waves of chorusing come and go, finally petering out in the voices of just a few individuals just before dawn.

Recorded in over the night of April 21-22, 2019, in Sinlahekin Valley, a single pod chorus of frogs comes alive in this quiet land nearly devoid of human sound. I'd play the full recording for you, but that would be 10 hours long. Instead I'll present some of the highlights along the way.

For the technically nosy:
Microphones: yes
recorder: indeed