Pool frogs

Recognizing amphibian sounds

Zuzanna Żak
2 min readJul 2, 2024

It’s high time I started writing about the trip to Warta Mouth National Park that happened last month. After a post-trip high came a post-production low (which needs its own story) so any writing was naturally delayed by doing literally anything else — but now it’s time to catalog some photos and memories.

Postomia river near Przyborów, Poland. Photo by me.

When I arrived at 3 am in Przyborów, I was overwhelmed by the sound of definitely-not-birds. It was so loud it almost made me sad because I was sure that I wouldn’t be able to record any bird sounds, not from most-likely-frogs screaming at the top of their lungs (Here I checked if frogs even have lungs. They do, but they can also partially breathe through their skin).

Pool frog by Piet Spaans.

After walking for some time and testing the audio recorder I sat by a small bridge separating the area by Postomia River from the National Park. The area on the other side of the pond was off-limits due to northern lapwing’s…

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Zuzanna Żak

Field recordist, bird song participant, early morning enjoyer. Use my 🦆 recordings:https://www.pond5.com/artist/ZuzannaZak