Citizen Scientist Opportunity with Beardsley Zoo

[Northeast Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (NEPARC)]

Hello NEPARC,

Please see Andrew Connolly's message below about a volunteer citizen science opportunity (FrogWatch!) with CT's Beardsley Zoo.

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Good morning NEPARC,

Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo invites residents to become Citizen-Scientist volunteers and participate in a “FrogWatch” census in area wetlands. In a collaboration between the Zoo, The Maritime Aquarium, and Yale’s Peabody Museum of Natural History, volunteers will make regular visits to wetlands in their neighborhoods and keep a frog log to record the frog and toad calls they hear. Working with experts, volunteers will learn about local frog species, then visit wetlands once or twice a week for about 15 minutes each night this spring and summer.
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​The watch begins a half hour after sunset, making the watch ideal for families with older children. Observations are reported to a national online database to contribute to amphibian conservation efforts. FrogWatch coordinators at each facility keep up-to-date on data results for participants.

To learn more and sign up to help, check out https://www.beardsleyzoo.org/frog-watch.html. You may also email the zoo's FrogWatch coordinators at acon...@beardsleyzoo.org (Andrew Connolly) and jfar...@beardsleyzoo.org (Jen Farrell).

This is a great opportunity to contribute to a growing data set and to share your observations with others!

Best,
Andrew Connolly
Zoo Educator
FrogWatch Chapter Coordinator