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Courting croakers

Animals, Environment

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Last month we had chorus frogs. This month we have courting frogs. These two croakers were too distracted by each other to care about me and my camera lens peering down at them from an arm’s length away at the edge of a pond.

Chorus frogs at Techny Prairie Park

Animals, Environment

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A harbinger of spring, the chorus frogs have emerged from their mud-encased slumber and broken into constant song. I captured this audio on a recent unseasonably warm evening, positioning myself — and my Zoom digital recorder — near the marsh at Techny Prairie Park. I’m hoping to sell the audio to HoMedics for use in the company’s SoundSpa products.

 

 

Cool contrails

Environment, Weather

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Morning sunshine and still air make for cool contrails in the sky above Northbrook, 10 or so miles from O’Hare.