03-17-15 Western Chorus Frogs, My Sister and the Railroad Tracks

Every spring I have the discussion with my sister and brother-in-law as to what frogs they're hearing outside their home near the railroad tracks in Tolono. This year we finally made it official: I ventured down, my sister ventured out (brother-in-law wasn't home) and we listened in on a very nice chorus of Western Chorus Frogs in a rather compromised pool alongside the railroad tracks... until a passing freight train joined and overwhelmed the chorus. For the curious, they did not continue calling while the freight train was passing-- at least they were not calling when it was gone, and it took them probably 5-10 minutes to get going again.