Shorebird Census Field Form
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Shorebird Census Field Form Site Name Site Code (Brooks Island, etc.) (B01C, N2(G27), etc.) County Date (MM/DD/YYYY) StartTime EndTime Circle one standard time daylight time Species Total Tally Species Total Tally Black-bellied Plover Whimbrel Willet Snowy Plover Semipalmated Plover large sandpiper, unid spp. Killdeer curlew/godwit Am Golden-Plover ** Pac Golden-Plover ** curlew/whimbrel golden-plover, Am/Pac Black Oystercatcher curlew/whimbrel/godwit Black-necked Stilt curl/whim/godwit/willet American Avocet godwit/willet Greater Yellowlegs Wandering Tattler Surfbird Lesser Yellowlegs Ruddy Turnstone yellowlegs, unid species Black Turnstone Solitary Sandpiper ** Buff-breasted Sandpiper** Red Knot Spotted Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Long-billed Curlew Red Knot Sanderling Marbled Godwit Dunlin ** You may be asked for more details on these species, depending on location and time of year Add up your tallies and enter sum in total column. Be sure to fill in bottom of page 2 of this form. Shorebird Census Field Form Site Name Site Code County Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Species Total Tally Species Total Tally Western Sandpiper Ruff (Reeve) ** sm shorebird, sandp/plov Shrt-billed Dowitcher* Lng-billed Dowitcher* dowitcher, unid spp. * Least Sandpiper med-sized shorebirds *** Wilson's Snipe Wilson's Phalarope ** western/least sandpiper Red-necked Phalarope ** red-necked/red phalarope red-necked/Wilson’s phal. western/least/dunlin Red Phalarope ** phalarope unid. spp. western/dunlin OTHER SPECIES ** : west/leas/dunl/sanderling small sandpiper, unid spp. Semipal Sandpiper ** Baird's Sandpiper ** Pectoral Sandpiper ** Sharp-tailed Sandp ** Rock Sandpiper ** Stilt Sandpiper ** * Dowitchers: We suggest that censusers count all dowitchers as dowitcher spp. If dowitchers are identified to species, indicate how the determination was made. ** You may be asked for more details on these species, depending on location and time of year *** Includes Black-bellied Plover/dowitchers/knot Add up your tallies and enter sum in total column. Enter totals in Summary Form and email electronic version of summary form to lliu@prbo.org Make a photocopy of this form as a backup Mike Perlmutter and mail the original form and maps to: Audubon California 4225 Hollis Street Emeryville, CA 94608 Weather and other census conditions: Check here if weather did NOT affect your ability to conduct the census Check factors that may have diminished census quality significantly: rain wind temp Raptor activity: Check if raptor disturbance may have diminished census quality significantly Human activity: Check if human disturbance may have diminished census quality significantly Tidal conditions: Start of census: low moderate or high // rising falling or slack End of census: low moderate or high // rising falling or slack Primary contact information: Name Mailing address Phone Number Notes, including names of other observers: .