Ohio Peepers

A peasant drive through the Pike County hills along the swollen Scioto River on a sunny cool day is a nice way to pass time with my 103 year old dad and the little dog.  We stayed on 2 lane roads as much as possible.  Two evening little dog walks were serenaded by spring peepers (Pseudacris cucifer see: http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/spring_peeper.htm).  I heard peepers in WV a week or so ago, but it was fleeting.  This was a good chorus.  The gibbous moon was bright, but I forgot to look for Mars which is close right now (Mars in in Cancer).  The phoebe was making a nest the other day on the back porch.  Spring is progressing nicely.