Because the Road Survey is only run three times it is possible to miss some species. The Backyard Surveys are more widely distributed across the province than the Road Surveys but the northern half of the province is under-represented in both programmes. The Marsh Monitoring Project is run in cooperation with the Long Point Bird Observatory. Birds and amphibians are surveyed. The amphibian survey is based on the road call survey described in the previous account.
Participants conduct surveys three times over the spring and summer.
The Marsh Monitoring Project would be of interest to anyone who enjoys birds as well as frogs. The Marsh Monitoring Project has become popular and in 1995 there were 51 routes in 12 AOCs and another 100 routes outside of AOCs. This is an international project and to date there are an additional 40 routes in AOCs in the US and 25 routes outside of these areas. The Ontario Chorus is a newsletter for participants in volunteer amphibian monitoring programs in Ontario and is published by Environment Canada . Species list Each link below provides natural history information, pictures, and provincial range maps.