Update from Yale-Peabody Herpatology Expert
Hello! I sent the recordings from this thread to Gregory Watkins-Colwell, Collection Manager, Herpetology and Ichthyology, in the Division of Vertebrate Zoology at the Yale-Peabody, and he confirmed that it is, in fact, a spring peeper. Here was his response to my email (and attached as a screen shot):
"Yup. That’s a spring peeper. After the breeding season the males will continue to call occasionally as territorial calls from shrubs and trees, especially when it rains. I’ve heard them throughout the summer, sometimes even in daylight (usually afternoon). One rainy New Year’s day a few years ago I heard them.
It seems odd to hear something called a SPRING peeper in October, but totally normal so long as they don’t actually start breeding this time of year."
I didn't think it was a peeper either, but the herpatology expert thinks it might be! Hope this helps!
Hello! I sent the recordings from this thread to Gregory Watkins-Colwell, Collection Manager, Herpetology and Ichthyology, in the Division of Vertebrate Zoology at the Yale-Peabody, and he confirmed that it is, in fact, a spring peeper. Here was his response to my email (and attached as a screen shot):
"Yup. That’s a spring peeper. After the breeding season the males will continue to call occasionally as territorial calls from shrubs and trees, especially when it rains. I’ve heard them throughout the summer, sometimes even in daylight (usually afternoon). One rainy New Year’s day a few years ago I heard them.
It seems odd to hear something called a SPRING peeper in October, but totally normal so long as they don’t actually start breeding this time of year."
I didn't think it was a peeper either, but the herpatology expert thinks it might be! Hope this helps!