No Coquis

[alohabro]

I'm in HPP near Kaloli. I don't hear any coqui frogs tonight. It's spooky. Is it because of its colder?

[ironyak]

Yeah, if you listen closely you can hear them going brrr brrr, except that one still singing; must have got a scarf for Christmas

Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright...

[Carey]

Every year when it is cooler & there is no/low rain for a bit, the questions appear about the coquis being quiet....

Seems they like humid & warm, so when it is cool & dry the males are not into attracting a mate.... no worries, as soon as it warms up & we have some rain...mating season will resume!

[leilanidude]

64 to 65 degrees seems to be the magic number. Now think of how peaceful Puna was before the coqui arrived.

[Punatic007]

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Originally posted by ironyak

Yeah, if you listen closely you can hear them going brrr brrr, except that one still singing; must have got a scarf for Christmas

Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright...

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Oh how cute!

[Lee M-S]

None of 'em are singing in Mt. View. Blissfully quiet!
Maybe that's why I'm having trouble sleeping?

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[birdmove]

In general, and I live on 23rd near Kaloli, we have way fewer Coquis than we did around the time we bought the house in 2010. Maybe because we have chickens that eat them. Used to be, when my wife came over and stayed in our house (before we moved here we rented to vacationers for about a year), she would call me on the phone, and I could always hear them chirping, and it was very loud. These days, maybe you can hear like 4-5 at night. None last night.

Jon in Keaau/HPP

[shave_ice]

Last night was the fourth night in a row with no coquis in Nanawale. Kind of nice to hear complete silence for a change.

[PunaMauka2]

way up mauka, where they are miraculously still being kept at bay for the most part, the few that manage to pioneer their way here used to be active for only a couple of summer months out of the year. that has been slowly changing though, now any coqui being active 6 months or more out of the year. whether that is due to biological change in the coqui or the ambient temperature slowly creeping up (which it noticeably has over the years), i don't know.

[shockwave rider]

I remember reading sometime in the last 6 months, but cannot remember where, so no citation, that coquis are getting larger and developing deeper calls. What struck me about the study was the researcher said they were finding the same mass of frogs per acre, but fewer individuals. I will try to find it and post a link.

I think that fire ants are having an impact on the frogs, but I would rather live with the loud choruses of chirping than fire ant bites.