Bellevue Frogs

I’ve been living in Bellevue for about a year and a half, and this is now my second spring experiencing a huge surge in frogs taking over the bioretention pond behind our house. And when I say “take over,” I mean it—every night turns into a full-on chorus of nonstop ribbiting that carries on for hours.

It’s gotten to the point where the noise is so loud and persistent that we’ve had to sleep with earplugs and run a sound machine just to get through the night.

I’m curious if this is something others in the area have dealt with, or if this level of frog activity is typical for spring around here.