{"id":44450,"date":"2016-10-21T14:13:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T19:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=44450"},"modified":"2016-10-21T14:13:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T19:13:00","slug":"citizen-scientists-use-their-eyes-ears-and-smartphones-to-protect-birds-frogs-and-other-wildlife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/citizen-scientists-use-their-eyes-ears-and-smartphones-to-protect-birds-frogs-and-other-wildlife\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizen scientists use their eyes, ears and smartphones to protect birds, frogs and other wildlife"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Teresa Manring<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ribbit.\u00a0 Croak.\u00a0 Chirp.\u00a0 Peep.<\/p>\n

Every frog has a unique call.<\/p>\n

You can stand at the edge of the pond in your local forest preserve and listen for the throaty, exuberant rattle of the cricket frog, or try to pick out the high-pitched chortle of the northern leopard frog \u2014 and you can contribute to conservation research while listening to the chorus.<\/p>\n

Identifying the calls of local frogs and toads, reporting sightings of thousands of bird species, hunting for rare and endangered plants, photographing bees and butterflies: citizen scientists are doing all of this and more. Their observations in their own backyards and across the world are helping researchers to track and conserve plants and wildlife.<\/p>\n

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Citizen science recruiters seeking new volunteers\u00a0shared the impact of ongoing projects at The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum\u2019s inaugural citizen science fair on Saturday. The 15 projects featured ranged from the fairly small and very local \u201cCalling Frog Survey,\u201d which trains volunteers to identify the calls of frogs and toads native to the Chicago region, to international projects such as eBird, which uses data submitted by bird watchers to monitor populations all over the world.<\/p>\n

Conservation \u2013 with the added urgency of climate change transforming habitats and migration \u2013 connects many of the initiatives.<\/p>\n

\u201cConservation projects require citizen participation,\u201d said Laura Saletta, the museum engagement lead and one of the fair’s organizers. The collective efforts of volunteers surpass what scientists alone are capable of observing, Saletta explained. Volunteers usually only need a smartphone, camera or a computer to collect data and submit their sightings.<\/p>\n

Chicagoan Beth Beyer came to the fair to see what kind of citizen science projects her son, a sophomore in high school, would be able to get involved in. \u201cI\u2019m definitely a big citizen scientist myself,\u201d Beyer said, noting that she has organized projects for her kids in the past, such as testing the water quality of Lake Michigan.<\/p>\n

Volunteers of all ages, from scouts to retirees, participate in citizen science projects, said Jamie Forberg, director of one of the museum\u2019s in-house citizen science projects, The Calling Frog Survey.<\/p>\n

All that\u2019s required for volunteers to participate in the\u00a0frog-monitoring project is to attend one workshop and make three field visits per year to locations in the Chicago wilderness region to record which local frogs and toads they can hear. The project currently has about 60 volunteer \u201cfroggers,\u201d whose efforts help protect frog and toad populations in the Chicago region.<\/p>\n

When land managers are doing a habitat restoration project, \u201cthe data can tell them if frogs have recolonized or if populations are up,\u201d said Forberg. \u201cThat means they\u2019re doing something right and they may want to continue to do that to manage the land.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the people who participate just love frogs,\u201d Forberg said. \u201cEither they really love them because of their physical characteristics or because of their calls. They\u2019re pretty adorable.”<\/p>\n

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Jamie Forberg, director of the Calling Frog Survey and assistant manager of living collections at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, plays a guiro to demonstrate the ratchet-like sound made by a western chorus frog. (Teresa Manring\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Citizens participating in science projects and data collection is a time-honored tradition. But technological innovation means that today, just about anyone can join in.<\/p>\n

This ranges from the casual observer \u201cto somebody who wants to jump in hip deep to make a difference in a restoration or conservation project who\u2019ll go as far as training programs and traveling to do it,\u201d Saletta said.<\/p>\n

Many projects also make their data available to the public online, which means almost everyone, from scientists to activists to the merely curious, can access information such as population numbers and migration patterns.<\/p>\n

The Chicago Ornithological Society uses data from the citizen science project eBird to help protect bird habitats in the Chicago area.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s say someone is trying to propose some new building in the wetlands,\u201d explained Christine Williamson, the co-chair of the COS, \u201cwe used to just say \u2018a lot of birds use it.\u2019 But now we can say, \u2018This many birds, of these many species, are here between these times of year.\u2019\u201d The precise stats that eBird provides are more convincing when it comes to conservation, said Williamson, who represented eBird at the fair.<\/p>\n

More than 100,000 users from all over the world record their bird sightings on eBird. Together, they report an average of 5.6 million bird sightings per month. The project, which was launched in 2002 by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in Ithaca, New York, allows users to submit their bird sightings both through the eBird website and its app, and\u00a0engage with others\u2019 submissions in unique ways.<\/p>\n

Users can view interactive maps to monitor the location of \u201cbirding hotspots,\u201d notice how common different types of birds are in various areas, and follow along with real-time submissions as other birders spot birds from every corner of the globe.<\/p>\n

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This animated map shows tree swallow population and migration throughout their entire annual cycle. This species distribution model was generated using data submitted by eBird’s citizen scientists. (Animated graphic provided by eBird: www.ebird.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Well, almost every corner.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t have very many people reporting sightings in Siberia because it\u2019s such a harsh climate. But pretty much everywhere else in the world we have people who are reporting all the time,\u201d said Williamson. \u201cThe Arctic gets a little sparse as well,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

eBird also gives birders the opportunity to view profiles of the platform\u2019s other users, including which types of birds they\u2019ve spotted as well as photos and videos of the encounter.<\/p>\n

\u201cBirders are competitive so they don\u2019t mind at all showing everybody what [type of bird] they saw,\u201d said Williamson.<\/p>\n

It may be that competitive spirit that keeps people engaged in some projects. But Saletta hopes that the bigger picture of environmental conservation will be enough to inspire more people to get involved.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have responsibilities as the thumb-having, upright-walking stewards of the world to assimilate into the natural world in the most responsible and best way possible,\u201d said Saletta. \u201cSigning up for a citizen science project is a way to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photo at top: The American bullfrog is one of 13 frogs monitored by the Calling Frog Survey. (Photo courtesy of Lalainya Goldsberry<\/a>\/ Flickr)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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