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Hop on board FrogWatch USA
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Courtesy photo: A plains spadefoot toad waits for a meal to fly by. The Cheyenne Bottoms FrogWatch Chapter drew national attention last year when an August rainfall prompted plains spadefoot toads to call.
The Kansas Wetlands Education Center is looking ahead to spring when the frogs and toads begin calling and the second season of the Cheyenne Bottoms FrogWatch Chapter starts once again.If you love all things amphibian, or just like the idea of being out-of-doors at twilight or after, this program is for you. Despite last year’s drought conditions, one volunteer heard hundreds of plains spadefoot toads calling after an August rainfall, making the national list for unusual reports.FrogWatch USA is a long-term volunteer monitoring program of frogs and toads. After a four-hour training, in which participants learn the seven local frog and toad species’ calls, data collection techniques and fun amphibian facts, you will be assigned to a location at Cheyenne Bottoms to listen and record frog and toad call intensities any time between 30 minutes after sunset to 1 a.m. for three minutes, twice a week.