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Twice a year, Linda Berker and her husband Donald James head out from their Lapeer County home in search of the croaking, chirping sounds of frogs. They drive to a few sites a mile apart from each ...

The Northland frogs began their calling in about mid-April. Tiny chorus frogs started with long drawn-out creeks. This was quickly followed by duck-like "glucking" sounds from wood frogs. Before the ...

Jul. 18—The morning is calm and clear. Probably the coolest time of day, the temperature is in the upper 50s. I walk to the lake to look at this summer scene. A phoebe nesting here is active. Red-eyed ...