The Florida State University Coastal & Marine Laborator y Workshops
Florida's Nighttime Chorus
with  Paul Moler  & Bill Turner  
For much of the year, frogs and toads fill the night air in Florida with a cacophony of sounds -- songs, chirps, and trills that are as varied as the species that make them.  Whether they are looking for mates, staking out their turf, or heralding a change in weather, the sounds absolutely draw our attention. 

Florida has perhaps the most diverse assemblages of frogs and toads in the entire United States, with a total of 30 species,  27 of which are native.  

Join us for an audio-visual tour of this fascinating group of animals and learn about their behavior and ecology. After becoming more familiar with them, we will take a stroll, weather allowing,  to find and join an anuran nocturne. The evening will wrap-up with  a question and answer session. All attendees will receive one of Paul's recordings of the "Frog Calls of Florida". 

Participants please wear comfortable walking shoes that you don't mind getting a bit dirty. 
Saturday
August 27th, 2016
TIME 7pm

Registration is required

Location: FSUCML

Space is limited

Price: $15 adult,
$10 student

 
Paul Moler, originally  from Decatur, Georgia, received a B.A. in Biology from Emory University and an M.S. in Zoology from the University of Florida. Following a number of years with the Division of Health, Paul joined the Florida Game & Fresh Water Fish Commission (FWC) in 1977 as the first herpetologist at the Wildlife Research Lab in Gainesville. Since retirement in 2006, he has continued as an FWC volunteer. In addition to working on various FWC amphibian, reptile, and invertebrate projects, Paul regularly travels to Vietnam and southern Africa to assist with faunal surveys there.

Bill Turner received his M.S. in Zoology from the University of South Alabama working on the Alabama red-bellied turtle. In 2003, he was hired by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department as their first full-time herpetologist. Bill headed south to Florida in 2007 to work as a herpetologist for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, where he met Paul. In 2013, Bill joined the FSU  Office of Science Teaching Activities where he runs the Sea-to-See program and co-directors Saturday-at-the-Sea Day Camps.  
 
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