Description
Naturalist Negin Almassi will introduce commonly heard katydids, crickets, grasshoppers, and cicadas in northern Illinois. Learn the monitoring protocol of the Singing Insects Monitoring Program and practice recording songs with your smartphone or a digital recorder. Volunteers will submit recordings from their monitoring site via iNaturalist, depending on their preference.
Schedule
Dates: 26 May 2023 - 31 Dec 2023
Schedule Slots Available!
This opportunity has a schedule. Click view schedule belowon the left to see available times.
Location
Salt Creek Resource Management 500 Ogden Avenue, Western Springs
Cook County IL, 60558
Description of location
Salt Creek Resource Management Classroom
Contact Info
Contact person
Contact person:
Naturalist Negin Almassi
negin.almassi@cookcountyil.gov
Secondary contact:
Program Specialist
Mary Busch
mary.busch@cookcountyil.gov
Website:
http://singinginsects.net/
Requirements & Documents
Requirements
Monitors must attend at least one training.
Ability to hear high-frequency songs of certain species is important to success.
A recording device of some kind, either smartphone app or a digital recorder.
