Froggy Lullaby

For the last 25 years or so we have gone to sleep with the sound of frogs calling to each other. I built 2 ponds for goldfish about 26 years ago - the fish died or were eaten by birds but the frogs moved in and have stayed ever since.

Their 'tok' 'whock' all night and day has become part of the landscape over the years and we don't notice how noisy they are until a visitor mentions it.

Sadly I haven't heard a frog for the past 6 months - the drought has taken its told on our urban wildlife. I have a rainwater tank and keep the pond full but still no frogs. I was sadden to think they had gone and our nightly lullaby lost. Another victim of climate change ...... but here in Sydney from Saturday until Monday we have losts and lots of lovely rain. It must have soaked down through the layers of earth to where the frogs bury themselves and lay dormant, Tuesday night around midnight I heard a lone croak and by dawn there were at least 5 different froggy voices.

This morning the was lots of eggs floating in their pond and there seems even more frogs are singing. Isn't it amazing to think that they can lay dormant under the earth until conditions are right for laying their eggs and for the tadpoles for survive.