Nature Crawl

Enjoy an evening adventure walk with Dr. Whitney Walkowski (Department of Biological Sciences and Environment Program) & Dr. Bob Thomas (Environment Program and Mass Communications), one of the foremost herpetologists in the southeastern Louisiana area and a longtime environmental educator and naturalist. Come to listen and investigate dozens of species of frogs and toads. Learn how to identify frogs by their vocalizations and see alligators’ glowing red eyes. Walkers are guaranteed to see all sorts of nocturnal critters.

Reserve Your Spot: This trip is free and open to the Loyola community, but you must reserve your spot ahead of time by contacting Kimberly Kahn at kjkahn@loyno.edu or call (504) 865-2599.

Where to Meet: Meet next to the RecPlex (where the university vans are parked). The bus will leave the RecPlex promptly at 7:00 p.m. Return time will be around 11 p.m. If you wish to drive and/or carpool separately, you will be given a map to the site we are visiting –Twin Canals Trail. If you want to meet us there, email wgwalkow@loyno.edu or rathomas@loyno.edu for a map.

What to Bring: Dress comfortably. Wear shoes that are good for walking on a rocky trail.  Be sure to bring a flashlight and consider bringing a camera and umbrella. Also, bug spray if you are bugged by bugs. 

Check out these different frog calls – includes all state frog species.

Checklist of possible animal observations.