Things are getting noisy in Whatcom County wetlands. What’s going on? We asked Vikki Jackson from Whatcom County Amphibian Monitoring Program (WCAMP) to break it down for us.

“Pacific Chorus Frogs (see photo below) are the guilty parties regarding spring frog choruses,” Vikki tells us. “All our other native Frogs are much quieter in attracting mates. In early summer the non-native Green Frogs start calling (kinda sounds like someone coughing) and then the non-native Bullfrogs kick in and sound like a bunch of lowing cows.” Read more about WCAMP, plus news about scholarships, summer camps, 2023-24 registration, and our spring fundraiser in the May issue of Wild Connections.