Once again the Bay of Quinte Remedial Action Plan (BQRAP) is looking for volunteer citizen scientists to survey local marshes to collect data on wetland birds and frogs through its Marsh Monitoring and FrogWatch Ontario programs.
The survey information helps track long-term trends in species diversity, and abundance.
A virtual information session is being hosted by Quinte area naturalist and columnist Terry Sprague explaining how you can become involved in surveying local inland and coastal marshes.
The presentation is on Monday, March 3, 2025 at 7:00 pm.
Sprage will provide more information about the two programs, the FrogWatch Ontario program, which is a family-friendly activity; and the Marsh Monitoring Program, which is more structured, ideal for the outdoors enthusiast.
The FrogWatch Ontario Program records amphibians once a week from April through June and the results are submitted online.
The Marsh Monitoring Program records wetland birds and frogs, between May and July.
Frogs are monitored three times approximately 15 days apart.
Wetland birds are monitored twice for 15 minutes and the monitoring must be at least 10 days apart.
Monitoring sites are at a variety of locations like cottages, backyards, or at designated monitoring locations.
“The information collected tells us about the presence and abundance of both species in coastal and inland marshes, and contributes to our understanding of these species and their habitat needs.” says Sprague.
Click here to register for the virtual session.
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