Toads have a long trill, several seconds or more per toad. Sort of like small bell being continuously rung.
We have yet to have the toads come out, or any more than the small ribbon. i suspect this weekend though when we are supposed to have some warm high humidity weather and rain. That will warm the waters quickly.
I was able to record the toads at our house with my cell phone. I'll try to attach a zipped audio file that hopefully you can open and listen to. (see attachment below)
It is a wonder where all those toads come from. They all seem to come out of nowhere to congregate in the pond. Then there is 3 days of furious thrashing and swimming, ducking each other and horsey-back rides. The toad trills continue day and night for about 3 days. Then the activity stops and the shallows are full of strings of toad eggs. All the parent toads are gone too.
Then soon there will be billions of black 'toadpoles' and in about 2 weeks millions of tiny brown toads all struggling to make it through the grass heading in all directions back towards the woods.
The turtles were busy coming up behind the mating toads when they are preoccupied and grab the toads by their hind leg and try to drag them into the deep.
