#003 - Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer)

Sometimes weeks pass before spring feels believable.

When the forecast still calls for single digits Fahrenheit—or dips toward –20°C—and winter hasn't loosened its grip, my mind is already listening for peepers, one of the first signs that spring has finally arrived.

That thin, rising chorus drifting from ditches, vernal pools, and low woods is one of the earliest true signals that the year is turning.