Frog Find

FAQ

I think I can hear a target frog faintly calling in the back?

In some of our subjects our target frog calls are very faint and it may take a second listen to be sure. If after two listens you are still uncertain then the best answer you can give will be "Neither Calling"/"Not calling". Sometimes when we are hoping to hear a specific sound our brains and ears can play tricks on us, this even happens when we are in the field looking for frogs.

What if I hear a target frog calling not included in the choices?

If you believe another target species is calling in a workflow that is not mentioned in the selection criteria first select your answer for the subject and click "Done & Talk". From here you will be transported to our Talk page where you can add a note attached to that specific subject and let us know what other species you believe you hear.

Why can't I hear any frogs in this subject?

Unfortunately there will be some files across our workflows that may have no frogs calling. This may be partly due to the way we split our files (5 minutes per recording, split into 10 x 30 second snippets) which results in instances with no frog calls but it may also be due to factors such as temperature and rainfall. While it is sad to hear no frogs calling, their absence still offers valuable information.

What if I identify the wrong species? Will that have a massive impact on this research?

We understand that not all of our community scientists will have experience identifying frog calls, so we have included as much information as we can across our project page to help guide you to make correct calls. It is very likely that at times participants will select the wrong species or not hear a particular species calling but that is OK. We work on a retirement level, meaning that each audio file will be listened to and classified by 5-10 community scientists before that file is retired (hidden from further classifications). From there, we take the most selected answer per file as the consensus winner.

So please don't stress out if you think you might have misidentified one file. If you aren't sure about a frog call please use the resources we have made available and feel free to skip a file if you are having any trouble. Most importantly we want our community scientists (YOU) to be getting the most out of their time on our page, so if you can identify any areas creating confusion (for example, there are a few frogs with similar calls that often get confused for one another) please let us know and we will try to create new resources to help you learn and differentiate calls better.

I'm an Australian student completing my Duke of Edinburgh award, can I volunteer with Frog Find?

Yes! The Frog Find team have their Working With Children Check (WWCC) and can sign off as a supervisor. If you would like to commit your volunteer hours to the Frog Find project, please email us at frogfind@outlook.com

How can I get involved with your field work?

If you live in Sydney, Newcastle or near any of the wonderful National Parks we survey and are interested in joining the Frog Find team during night surveys, reach out to us in the Talk channel and we will get in contact with you ASAP.