Frogs Annoying Neighbors.

[420benz]

If i switch the pond over to a waterless waterfall and turn it off before dark will this solve my frog problem?

 

[Jhn]

No, not really anywhere where it is damp or wet you will find frogs, maybe less of them without a pond but they would still be around.

 

[Mmathis]

It sounds more like the problem is with your neighbors……not the frogs!

 

[420benz]

We live in a 55 and older community so the homes are 10ft apart. After a good rain they come about 12 of them which are very loud.

 

[Jhn]

sounds like your neighbors need to pull the stick out of there backside and relax abit. Personally, I enjoy the sounds of nature.

 

[bagsmom]

I'm in an old neighborhood in GA and the night sounds are deafening. (I love it.) But it has nothing to do with a pond. Nature is everywhere and loves to sing in the night. Tree frogs and bugs of all kinds are so loud, we can hear it through the walls and closed windows with the AC running. I think that is just nighttime in the humid, lush south.

 

[brokensword]

We live in a 55 and older community so the homes are 10ft apart. After a good rain they come about 12 of them which are very loud.

tell you what, I'll trade you; where I live, they put up a race track, about 1/2 mi away, and where I used to have to compete with errant screech sounds of cars/trucks on nearby major roads, now I have almost constant race car sounds to 'spoil' the solitude. So, a bunch of frogs chirping excitedly would be a Godsend. When your neighbors give you the 'eye' or make some snarky remark, tell them it could be worse re a race track. AND, I don't live in some impoverished neighborhood, either (though, that's where the race track is!).

Here's MY solution to MY problem; you can relay this to your neighbors (that ask) if you want to; I set up a stereo and some outdoor speakers; and best of all, I can STILL hear my waterfall! I bet I could still hear the frogs, too, were they still in chirp mode!

And of course, you can politely tell them they make less noise doing what they do than some humans you know. Give them a 'wink' after you say that!

Lastly, the frog mating season won't last that long, unless you have a lot of different species. Most only go on about it for a couple of weeks then back to basics like bug catching.

 

[420benz]

Well i guess i have different species because this started in the spring and is still ongoing. I see a grayish green and a very nice dark green.Last night two of the dark green ones were matting. We stay up late around midnight and that is when most of them stop.

 

[GBBUDD]

Simple solution come on guys STEAL THE BATTERIES FROM THERE HEARING AIDS

 

[420benz]

Most of them are these.

 

[GBBUDD]

Find a big old bull frog he'll take care of them

 

[Stephen Noble]

If i switch the pond over to a waterless waterfall and turn it off before dark will this solve my frog problem?

Why not 'gift' a water feature to the guys on the other side of 'em that way they can enjoy the frogs in stereo?

 

[GBBUDD]

I wonder how many of your neighbors have wind chimes ? now there's a loud annoying sound for you

 

[BKHpondcritters]

Lastly, the frog mating season won't last that long, unless you have a lot of different species. Most only go on about it for a couple of weeks then back to basics like bug catching.

I'm not sure about the frogs in your area, but here the green & bull frogs keep on making racket & dumping their eggs ALL. SUMMER. LONG. The Cope's Gray tree frogs also do their thing (along with the noise & egg dumping) most of the Summer. Other species (toads, wood frogs) are indeed limited to a few weeks of obnoxious spawning racket.

But, honestly, this time of year (mid July through August) the Katydids are the noisiest of the nocturnal critters & that has nothing to do with the pond. And, don't even get me started about the Whippoorwills...

 

[Hound Heaven]

Maybe if you invite them over for a beverage or maybe smores by the pond they could see why you love it.