While it’s not the same as Christmas, I love Peeper Time, those early spring nights when the frogs come out and sing their love song to one another. At the pond behind my house, there is usually one early riser who spends many lonely nights peeping away before his late-sleeping friends join him. So he’s like that guy that shows up at the club at 7:00 when things don’t really start until 10:00. He’s a frog version of me.
Over at Mitchell State Park in Cadillac, though, things are in full swing. It’s a perfect Peeper habitat and the frogs were not shy. The raised trails wind their way through waterways full of little hiding places for the thousands of froggy residents.
Even the snakes were enjoying the warm weather.
Peeper time doesn’t last long, only a month or so. Make sure you find those marshy areas that the frogs enjoy before they become silent for another year.
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