A few days ago I noticed a tiny spring peeper clinging to the window screen, on the inside of the window. I have no idea how the peeper got there; the screen has been in place all summer on that window, so I’m guessing it came inside via the cracks around the air conditioner in the neighboring window. He was less than an inch in size. This is a terrible picture, taken after I escorted him to the patio and a potted plant.
This year I heard the first Spring peepers in March; there was still snow on the ground. Locally, they’re regarded as the true heralds of Spring, and I had numerous people tell me with large smiles that they’d heard peepers (or peepahs) and so Spring was definitely sprung.
Here’s the University of Maine Fact Sheet on Spring Peepers.