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Does anyone here do FrogWatch? It's run by the DEC and the National Wildlife Federation. They monitor frog calls throughout the United States by volunteers going out into the field and recording (on paper) what they hear. Anyone can sign up as a volunteer if you know of a local area that has frogs or toads. I'm pretty excited about it, I'm doing my first "FrogWatch" tonight. Although they call it "Watch" you are really more listening, it's the sounds you record, not sightings. Their website is www.FrogWatch.org if anyone is interested in signing up to monitor locations near you. The species previously recorded in the 8 ponds/marshes/fields that I'll be monitoring are Bullfrogs, Gray Tree Frogs, Green Frogs, Leopard Frogs, Pickerel Frogs, Spring Peepers, Western Chorus Frogs, Wood Frogs, and American Toads. You can learn about the calls on the website. I have a tape with all of these calls on it too. You have to go out 1/2 hour after sunset to do the recordings. If you have frogs or toads in your own yard that you can hear, you can set up your yard as a "site" and record there! It's a neat program. They use the data collected by the volunteers to compile a list of what species are where and how prevelant. Then if species start disapearing from certain areas they will know about it. I'll try to post the link to the site below if anyone would want to give it a try!

FrogWatch website

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www.LynsLair.com
0.1 Cat (Mia)
4.2 Ferrets (Wolf, Shadow, Verdell, Sullivan, Boo, Peach)
1.0 Carpet Python (Bear)
1.0 Malagasy Blonde Hognose (Wilbur)
1.0 Yellow / Everglades Ratsnake (Pumpkin)
1.0 Whites Tree Frog (Trevor)
1.0 Albino American Bullfrog (Prince)
1.0 AFT Gecko (Cocoa)
5.9 Leopard Geckos (Trouble, Scooter, Simba, Firenze, Teddy, Buttercup, Nala, Mystique, Jewel, Freckles, Dotty, Zipper, Princess Leo, Twister)

I highly recommend it! Shame on anybody interested in amphibians who doesn't do this! It's the simplest way to get involved in environmental conservation and to help keep yourself from being detached from REAL nature. The data that you collect is used for actual analysis on the worldwide decline of amphibians. Thanks Lyn for bringing this up.
click here for the link

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you can hear frogs anywhere where i live there ever where (maryland)im going down to the creek today maybe i record
sounds cool

Brandon

I LOVE your albino bullfrog. Nice.
My boyriend and I are actually going to participate in a frog-watch night walk at the Beaver Meadow nature preserve down the road from us. You walk around at night ald listen to the calls of frogs. I'm not sure if anyone actually records them.
When I walk out our door in the spring, I can hear spring peepers, the occasional grey treefrog, the snore of the wood frogs, green frogs from the neighbor's pond, and also american toads. It is magical!
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