Breeding wood frogs out at Ross Lake Provincial Park

The breeding wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) are out in numbers at Ross Lake Provincial Park and the ice is off the lake. A friend of the BV Naturalists was out fishing Wednesday March 30 and said the frogs didn’t start singing till 9:00pm and, being Wood Frogs, they turned silent for a few minutes when they heard humans.

For many years Wood Frogs were considered rare because of a dearth of reports, but it was most likely their cryptic (and silent) nature.

To hear a wood frog call, check out the Wikipedia page.

Source: By Brian Gratwicke - Lithobates sylvaticus (Woodfrog), CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16312780

Source: By Brian Gratwicke – Lithobates sylvaticus (Woodfrog), CC BY 2.0