1-Operation Toad Swap/Toad Rescue

Participants collect and remove unwanted toads from people's houses in the evening and either take them to a designated release site or give them to someone who wants toads for their garden;

2-Adopt-a-Toad

People who would like to receive toads or toadlets for their garden can contact BZS. These animals help to control bugs!

3-Project Sound-Off

Volunteers conduct whistling frog surveys in their gardens and at other natural sites during designated weeks in May and August. Project Sound-Off hopes to obtain baseline data on the population of Bermuda's common whistling frog (Eleutherodactylus johnstonei). Starting in May, people will be asked to go out into their gardens (or a site they've been directed to survey) one evening after about 9 p.m. and count the number of calling frogs they can hear. Don't worry: there is a box to tick if there are too many to count, but you'd be surprised at how you can distinguish different frogs if you listen. The best weather for the survey is a damp or drizzly night, but any night will do. Project Sound-Off data-collection sheet can be downloaded from the BAMZ website. You will also find samples of whistling frog, toad and cricket calls, so you know what to listen for. A clue: the call you’ll be listening for in May should sound like “gleep-gleep” and have a bell-like quality. You can also count the toads in your garden as part of the survey, which will be repeated in late-August.

If you would like to volunteer or if you have questions about any of these projects, please contact Dr. Jamie Bacon (jbacon@ibl.bm or 292-3882) or Ms. Simieon Massey (schools.bzs@gov.bm or 293-4464 ext. 134).