Observer Information

DATASHEET – INCIDENTAL OBSERVATION Fields in red italics are required for data entry

Observer Information First Name ______Last Name ______Email ______Phone ______-______-______Site Location If you don’t have a GPS, you can select your site coordinates online using a mapping tool UTM Zone _____ Easting ______Northing ______Land Information The next four questions are optional, but the information can be valuable for future analysis. HABITAT. Describe the dominant plants or any special features at the location

LANDOWNER TYPE (circle appropriate) Federal Govt. Parks Canada Provincial Govt. Local Govt. Municipal Private Organization Unknown First Nations Private individual Estate Trust Partnership (legal) Corporation Other (specify in comments): LANDSCAPE CONTEXT. Describe the surrounding land e.g., signs of human disturbance (e.g., logging, brush clearing, water level management structures), habitat fragmentation (e.g., road cutting across a wetland, clear cuts, paved parking lots) distance to nearest road, proximity to urban areas or industrial development, agricultural area, etc.

CONDITION. Condition is a measure of the quality of the habitat or area e.g., habitat degradation, pollution, cattle trampling, feral house cats, presence of exotic species.

Observation Date ______Species name ______

Life-stage and count Adult Males Juvenile Males Larvae or tadpoles Adult Females Juvenile Females Eggs Adult Unknown Sex Juvenile Unknown Sex Egg masses Unknown Age and Sex

Activity: What was it doing/ habitat indicator of activity? (Pick one and add rest to comments) Basking, Carcass, Courting, Denning, Excreting, Feeding, Fleeing, Hibernating, Hunting, Migrating Seasonally, Security and Thermal habitat, Security habitat, Territorial habitat, Thermal habitat, Travelling, Reproducing

Activity descriptor: Was the animal “seen” or “heard” (Choose one. If the animal was seen and heard, please pick seen and note in the comments that it was also heard) DATASHEET – INCIDENTAL OBSERVATION Fields in red italics are required for data entry

Other Comments about the Site and the observation

If the animal was injured, sick or dead, please note the additional information below

What was the general condition and status of the animal? How did it look? (Circle appropriate) Abnormal, Sick, Unknown, injured, dead

Choose the best description of the animal? (Circle appropriate. If more than one applies, add description in comments) Other trauma, body trauma, bleeding nose/mouth, bleeding body, obvious wound, limping, unresponsive, cannot get up, thin, appears blind, abnormal movement, abnormal eyes, skin lumps, swelling of body part, ticks, abnormal colour

What was the cause of injury, sickness or death? (Circle appropriate. If more than one applies, add description in comments) Vehicle collision, animal attack, unknown, other (specify in comments), shot

Other Comments on animal condition (Be descriptive)

You can upload up to four photographs during data entry. Please take photographs of significant animal and habitat features.

Data can be submitted online at: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wildlife/wsi/incidental_obs.htm

Or data forms can be emailed to: [email protected]

Or mailed to: B.C. Frogwatch, Ecosystems Branch, Ministry of Environment, PO Box 9338 Stn Prov Govt Victoria, B.C. V8W 9M1