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Coqui Frogs - Loren Baker - 01-10-2010
Hi, Heidi Baker here using my husband's registration.
(Rob, if I've broken blogging laws, please forgive and pardon.)
The past few nights our coquis have been at an absolute minimum. I'm talking two or three solo voices, without the temperature dipping below 58 degrees Farenheit, which seems to be the point when they usually go silent.
Is anyone else out there having the same experience? If so, is it possibly because of the lack of rain, and the hot sun each day?
Thanks so much.
Heidi Baker
RE: Coqui Frogs - StillHope - 01-10-2010
I think they are on Prozac[
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RE: Coqui Frogs - mdd7000 - 01-10-2010
They have been quite quiet here (lower Nanawale) for a couple of weeks. I do not believe the temp has gone below 62-64F. I have also been on an eradication program for the past 6 months, so maybe it has been helping too.
RE: Coqui Frogs - jerry - 01-10-2010
They quite down when the temperature drops below 68F. Warmer tonight than it has been, so there are a few out there making noise.
Jerry
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RE: Coqui Frogs - missydog1 - 01-10-2010
mine too, and no eradication. I don't think they like the dry spells. When it starts raining they always start up in full chorus.
RE: Coqui Frogs - Loren Baker - 01-10-2010
Thanks for all the good, and quick, responses. Any chance that some of them can't/won't come back? Or are they just hiding from us? We do the regular eradication process, too. But tonight and last night is really quiet.
Heidi Baker
Loren Baker
RE: Coqui Frogs - missydog1 - 01-10-2010
no, in my experience they're just being quiet. They're not dead, just low key.
RE: Coqui Frogs - Tolleys - 01-10-2010
I wonder if the dry weather has anything to do with it!???
Susan
RE: Coqui Frogs - csgray - 01-10-2010
My guess is they would mate less in dryer weather if moisture is needed for the reproductive cycle. Since the noise is a mating call that would explain less noise.
Carol
RE: Coqui Frogs - Loren Baker - 01-10-2010
All good stuff. So, I'll look forward to the return of the rains, but not the noise!
Heidi Baker
Loren Baker