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Southern Coastal Alaska Harvest Report - SPRING U OMB Control No. 1018-0124 Expires 10/31/2019 rd Co-Ma Bi na y g r e to m AMBCC Subsistence Migratory Bird Household Harvest Survey a r e n g i t C M o a Southern Coastal Alaska Harvest Report - SPRING u k n s c a l i l A Gulf of Alaska/Cook Inlet, Kodiak Archipelago, Aleutian/Pribilof Is., South AK Pensinsula Did the household harvest birds or eggs from April 1 to June 30? YES NO Village: ______________________ Household ID: ____________ Harvest Year: __________ Date: _______________ Wigeon Teal Mallard Pintail birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ Shoveler Black Scoter Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ Bufflehead Goldeneye Canvasback Scaup birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ Common Eider King Eider Steller’s Eider Harlequin birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ Long-tailed Duck Merganser Unknown Duck Brant birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ Cackling/Canada Goose White-fronted Goose Emperor Goose Snow Goose birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ Swan Sandhill Crane Grouse Ptarmigan birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ FWS Form 3-2381-2 10/09. This form supersedes form 7-FW-103b, which is obsolete. OMB Control No. 1018-0124 Expires 10/31/2019 rd Co-Ma Bi na y g r e o AMBCC Subsistence Migratory Bird Household Harvest Survey t m a r e n g i t C M o a Southern Coastal Alaska Harvest Report u k n s c a l i l A SPRING - April 1 to June 30 Village: ______________________ Household ID: ________________ Harvest Year: ____________ Date: __________________ Common Loon Pacific Loon Red-throated Loon Yellow-billed Loon birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ Grebe Cormorant Murre Guillemot birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ Auklet Puffin Black-legged Kittiwake Red-legged Kittiwake birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ Black-headed Gulls Mew Gull Large Gulls Tern birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ Oystercatcher Whimbrel/Curlew Godwit Golden/Black-bellied Plover birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ Turnstone Phalarope Small Shorebird Other/Unknown Bird: birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ _________________________ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ birds ______ eggs ______ Comments: OMB Control No. 1018-0124 Expires 10/31/2019 rd Co-Ma Bi na y g r e to m AMBCC Subsistence Migratory Bird Household Harvest Survey a r e n g i t C M o a u Southern Coastal Alaska Harvest Report - SUMMER k n s c a l i l A Gulf of Alaska/Cook Inlet, Kodiak Archipelago, Aleutian/Pribilof Is., South AK Pensinsula Did the household harvest birds or eggs from July 1 to August 31? YES NO Village: _________________________ Household ID: _____________ Harvest Year: ___________ Date: __________________ Wigeon Teal Mallard Pintail birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ Shoveler Black Scoter Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ Goldeneye Scaup Common Eider birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs Harlequin Long-tailed Duck Merganser Unknown Duck birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ Cackling/Canada Goose White-fronted Goose Swan Sandhill Crane birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ Grouse Ptarmigan birds ______ birds ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ FWS Form 3-2381-2 10/09. This form supersedes form 7-FW-103b, which is obsolete. OMB Control No. 1018-0124 Expires 10/31/2019 rd Co-Ma Bi na y g r e to m AMBCC Subsistence Migratory Bird Household Harvest Survey a r e n g i t C M o a Southern Coastal Alaska Harvest Report u k n s c a l i l A SUMMER - July 1 to August 31 Village: ______________________ Household ID: ________________ Harvest Year: ____________ Date: __________________ Common Loon Pacific Loon Red-throated Loon Grebe birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ Cormorant Murre Guillemot Auklet birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ Puffin Black-legged Kittiwake Red-legged Kittiwake Black-headed Gulls birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ Mew Gull Large Gulls Tern Oystercatcher birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ Whimbrel/Curlew Godwit Golden/Black-bellied Turnstone Plover birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ Phalarope Small Shorebird Other/Unknown Bird: birds ______ birds ______ _________________________ birds ______eggs ______ eggs ______ eggs ______ Comments: OMB Control No. 1018-0124 Expires 10/31/2019 rd Co-Ma Bi na y g r e to m AMBCC Subsistence Migratory Bird Household Harvest Survey a r e n g i t C M o a u Southern Coastal Alaska Harvest Report - FALL k n s c a l i l A Gulf of Alaska/Cook Inlet, Kodiak Archipelago, Aleutian/Pribilof Is., South AK Pensinsula Did the household harvest birds or eggs from September 1 to October 31? YES NO Village: _________________________ Household ID: _____________ Harvest Year: ___________ Date: __________________ Wigeon Teal Mallard Pintail birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ Shoveler Black Scoter Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ Bufflehead Goldeneye Canvasback Scaup birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ Common Eider King Eider Steller’s Eider Harlequin birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ Long-tailed Duck Merganser Unknown Duck Brant birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ Cackling/Canada Goose White-fronted Goose Emperor Goose Snow Goose birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ Swan Sandhill Crane Grouse Ptarmigan birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ FWS Form 3-2381-2 10/09. This form supersedes form 7-FW-103b, which is obsolete. OMB Control No. 1018-0124 Expires 10/31/2019 rd Co-Ma Bi na y g r e to m AMBCC Subsistence Migratory Bird Household Harvest Survey a r e n g i t C M o a Southern Coastal Alaska Harvest Report u k n s c a l i l A FALL - September 1 to October 31 Village: ______________________ Household ID: ________________ Harvest Year: ____________ Date: __________________ Common Loon Pacific Loon Red-throated Loon Yellow-billed Loon birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ Grebe Cormorant Murre Guillemot birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ Auklet Puffin Black-legged Kittiwake Red-legged Kittiwake birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ Black-headed Gulls Mew Gull Large Gulls Tern birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ Oystercatcher Whimbrel/Curlew Godwit Golden/Black-bellied Plover birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ Turnstone Phalarope Small Shorebird Other/Unknown Bird: birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ _________________________ birds ______ Comments: OMB Control No. 1018-0124 Expires 10/31/2019 rd Co-Ma Bi na y g r e o m AMBCC Subsistence Migratory Bird Household Harvest Survey t a r e n g i t C M o a Southern Coastal Alaska Harvest Report - WINTER u k n s c a l i l A Gulf of Alaska/Cook Inlet, Kodiak Archipelago, Aleutian/Pribilof Is., South AK Pensinsula Did the household harvest birds or eggs from November 1 to March 9? YES NO Village: _________________________ Household ID: _____________ Harvest Year: ___________ Date: __________________ Wigeon Teal Mallard Pintail birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ Shoveler Black Scoter Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ Bufflehead Goldeneye Canvasback Scaup birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ Common Eider King Eider Steller’s Eider Harlequin birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ Long-tailed Duck Merganser Unknown Duck Brant birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ Cackling/Canada Goose White-fronted Goose Emperor Goose Snow Goose birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ Swan Sandhill Crane Grouse Ptarmigan birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ FWS Form 3-2381-2 10/09. This form supersedes form 7-FW-103b, which is obsolete. OMB Control No. 1018-0124 Expires 10/31/2019 rd Co-Ma Bi na y g r e o AMBCC Subsistence Migratory Bird Household Harvest Survey t m a r e n g i t C M o a Southern Coastal Alaska Harvest Report u k n s c a l i l A WINTER - November 1 to March 9 Village: ______________________ Household ID: ________________ Harvest Year: ____________ Date: __________________ Common Loon Pacific Loon Red-throated Loon Yellow-billed Loon birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ Grebe Cormorant Murre Guillemot birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ Auklet Puffin Black-legged Kittiwake Red-legged Kittiwake birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ Black-headed Gulls Mew Gull Large Gulls Tern birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ Oystercatcher Whimbrel/Curlew Godwit Golden/Black-bellied Plover birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ Turnstone Phalarope Small Shorebird Other/Unknown Bird: birds ______ birds ______ birds ______ _________________________ birds ______ Comments:.
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