Can you name these frog calls?

[Mr. Green Frog]

1. I believe the metal ball bearing sound is a Blanchard's Cricket frog. It's not supposed to be this far east in Ohio, but that sure sounds like it. Have quite a few of them calling at the moment. Last year had a couple calling well into September.

2. The other call, which reminds me of "idjiot it," like as if they are constantly calling each other an "idjiot" (means stupid) is driving me nuts and has me stumped as none of the state (Ohio) frogs or toads sound like it. They call quite a bit whatever they are and dominate the video. If having a hard time hearing either, I suggest headphones.

 

[Mr. Green Frog]

Also, both sets of calls are coming from the trees, and too high up to find them.

 

[Mmathis]

I had to listen hard to hear what you were talking about — your descriptions of the sounds they made were right-on. Unfortunately, I have no idea. I’m in Louisiana and we have different critters down here.

 

[JRS]

Not much good at it myself but perhaps this might help:

USGS Frog Quiz

USGS Frog Call Quiz is an on-line resource for learning to identify frogs by their unique breeding vocalizations. The website includes a reference section (frog call look-up) and a the opportunity to test yourself on state-based quizzes (public quiz). There are also Quiz options that...

www.pwrc.usgs.gov

 

[Mr. Green Frog]

Thank you for the link. I listened to all available sound clips there, and none matched. Interestingly, they didn't have the Blanchard's Cricket frog even listed.

Apparently, some frogs are rare and found only in small pockets of areas. It's possible the no.2 sound is an oddball that's not common, much like the Blanchard's, or maybe it's something else entirely? Sure sounds like a frog though. We get cicada's shedding all the time, but that's a one-off sound.

Anyone know of a frog dedicated forum?

 

[JRS]

The WI site says Blanchards is formerly Northern Cricket Frog Acris crepitans.

Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris blanchardi)

Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris blanchardi) information from the Natural Heritage Conservation Program

dnr.wi.gov

Wikipedia has it as a subspecies A.c. blanchardi

Northern cricket frog - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Perhaps the taxonomists are still sorting it out, lumpers vs. splitters?

 

[Faebinder]

Clearly its the just frogs repetitively saying "Squirrel" in frog talk.

 

[Mr. Green Frog]

Might be like Cope's tree frog vs. gray tree frog where someone eventually noticed differences or a sub variant manifested.

Far as I can tell, Blanchard's Cricket call sounds more like a ball bearing bouncing from a high drop, then bouncing faster as it rebounds less. The Northern cricket call while similar at first, takes on a more cricket-like sound that lasts longer.