By Pam Martin - Kansas Department Wildlife, Parks and Tourism educatorSandhill plum bushes are blooming, violets have already popped up and opened their buds, and, with the recent rain, toads and frogs should soon be starting their annual spring chorus. It’s a great time to get out and enjoy the sights and sounds of nature.Listen carefully the next several nights and you might hear the raspy calls of the western chorus frog. A member of the tree frog family and one of the first frogs to begin singing in this area, chorus frogs grow to only ¾” to 1 ¼” long when mature.