That’s what the event we attended tonight, sponsored by the forest preserve district of DuPage county, was called. We learned about frogs (there was a quiz!), heard frog calls from the native species in the area, and then hit the trails to listen to them in person. We heard American toads and Cope’s Grey treefrogs.
Along the way we came across an American toad which was quite fascinating to the kids in the group. I grew up in an area where they were prevalent so I wasn’t quite excited, but we did see a great horned owl which was cool. I’ve never seen one in the wild before.
We also saw a lot of stars, and could clearly see the international space station fly by which was really cool.
Normally the forest preserve is closed well before we had to leave (nearly 10 pm), so it was interesting to see how active the wildlife is at night.
All in all, a very nice way to start off our 10-day staycation. That’s right, we don’t have to work again until June 2nd. Woo hoo!