Emily Kwong

Yeah, exactly.

Of course, I imagine this is happening in other places, not just Atlanta, where...

Someone is noticing their garden being frequented by more and different animals.

Are there larger trends in urban wildlife?

Like, can we link what's happening in Shabnam's yard to a bigger ecological rise and fall in urban lizards and frogs?

Right, because if they lose their habitat, then they got to go somewhere, and that somewhere could be places that people are.

Honestly, this doesn't surprise me.

Cats are, they're adorable.

I have one.

And they're meant to kill.

So what I'm hearing from you, Hannah, is there is so much we can do to help amphibians in our neighborhoods.

And if you, like Hannah and I, are not in the metro Atlanta area, but still want to learn how to identify and document local frogs, consider seeing if you have an active local Frog Watch chapter.

Search your city or state and Frog Watch USA.

Thank you so much for guiding us through this month's hoppy, hippity nature quest, Hannah.

Anytime, Emily.

Shortwavers, if you want to get in on this NatureQuest series, it's so easy.

Look around your environment.

Is anything changing?

Or do you have an environmental question you want us to investigate?

Well, record a memo and email it to us at shortwave at npr.org.