This thumbnail-sized frog is the “spring peeper,” and hearing it fills me with joy. Every ditch and pool comes alive with peeper calls in February, as long as the weather is warm enough.

We have a couple of small ponds within walking distance of my house and that’s where you’ll find the peepers. If there’s a large number of chorus frogs at a pond, they can be heard 1-2 miles ...

(WJHL) — Fall leaf color in the area mountains should be typically vibrant despite a hot, dry summer in the valleys — and an East Tennessee ... favorable with a mild spring.