{"id":9919,"date":"2012-03-17T20:52:01","date_gmt":"2012-03-18T01:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=9919"},"modified":"2012-03-24T10:14:27","modified_gmt":"2012-03-24T15:14:27","slug":"wood-frogs-haunt-spooky-swamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=9919","title":{"rendered":"Wood Frogs Haunt Spooky Swamp"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Wood frogs (Rana sylvatica<\/em>) are typically\u00c2\u00a0the first amphibians Turtle Journal encounters each March.\u00c2\u00a0 No difference this year.\u00c2\u00a0 Last week, when we checked for signs of spring emergence in wetlands surrounding the abandoned Goldwitz cranberry bog in Marion,\u00c2\u00a0 the only peep we heard was a single wood frog.\u00c2\u00a0 Deep in the swamp, a plaintive, unanswered call echoed through the brush.<\/p>\n

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Wood Frogs Haunt Spooky Swamp<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Today, as we revisited the same area,\u00c2\u00a0a chorus of wood frogs\u00c2\u00a0greeted our arrival.\u00c2\u00a0 Water levels\u00c2\u00a0in the wetlands were extremely low, and frogs\u00c2\u00a0had moved their mating aggregation out of the abandoned bog and deeper into the swamp.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Low gray clouds\u00c2\u00a0blanketed the\u00c2\u00a0day.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0With only their calls as guide, Turtle Journal zigzagged through thickets and woodlands\u00c2\u00a0until we\u00c2\u00a0reached one very, very spooky\u00c2\u00a0hollow that seemed straight out of a Hollywood set for the scariest horror film ever made … or perhaps a darker, even grimmer remake of Deliverance.<\/p>\n

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Wood Frog Egg Mass in Abandoned Goldwitz Bog<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

After locating the site of the aggregation, Turtle Journal searched nearby bog channels\u00c2\u00a0until we\u00c2\u00a0discovered freshly deposited wood frog egg masses.<\/p>\n

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Spring Peeper (Pseudoacris crucifer)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

As we left the bog this afternoon, a single, solitary peeper called out; a\u00c2\u00a0sure sign that spring is in the air.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica) Wood frogs (Rana sylvatica) are typically\u00c2\u00a0the first amphibians Turtle Journal encounters each March.\u00c2\u00a0 No difference this year.\u00c2\u00a0 Last week, when we checked for signs of spring emergence in wetlands surrounding the abandoned Goldwitz cranberry bog in Marion,\u00c2\u00a0 the only peep we heard was a single wood frog.\u00c2\u00a0 Deep in the swamp, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9919"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9919"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9958,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9919\/revisions\/9958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}