WA Birder Big Day Report Form
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Rules for Big Days: Follow Big Day Count Rules as outlined by the American Birding Association Recording Standards and Ethics Committee, currently available online at:

https://www.aba.org/aba-big-day-count-rules/.

Reporting Directions:

·       Submit a separate report for each Big Day.

·       Written personal accounts of the Big Day are welcomed.

 

Area:  (Washington State or specific County) 
DATE:
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Start time
Time
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End Time
Time
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Distance Travelled:

Miles by CAR:
Miles on FOOT:
Miles on other transport
RESULTS:
# of SPECIES seen by all team members (=Shared Total):
# of SPECIES that at least one team member missed (=Unshared Total):
TEAM GRAND TOTAL(=Shared + Unshared)
PARTICIPANTS: (please list all participants with their own personal species totals (i.e.: NAME (# of species))
Areas Visited: List all important areas visited
Species of note:     
A “Species of Note” is either one that you considered you had virtually no chance of encountering along your planned route, but were fortunate enough to locate, or a species that was virtually guaranteed but was somehow missed. List each “Species of Note” (in taxonomic order), with an appropriate modifier:

o   (V) Vagrant: a species that occurs less than annually anywhere/anytime in your Big Day’s Area (state, county)

o   (R) Rare/Unusual: a species that occurs less than annually along your Big Day route, but is regular in occurrence elsewhere in Washington State

o   (L) Late: a species that occurs regularly along the Big Day route at an earlier season, but which is unexpectedly tardy

o   (E) Early: a species that occurs regularly along the Big Day route at a later season, but which is unexpectedly early

o   (M) Missed: a species that you had over a 95% chance of encountering, but which was inexplicably missed

o   (S) Stake Out: a species that you have “staked out” in advance, either through scouting or the grapevine 

Items of Special Interest   
A list with any Items of Special Interest, such as: unusual weather conditions, other natural history highlights, significant numbers of a species, unusual personal incidents, etc.
Narrative (If you'd like to include a narrative description or any other notes use this section to paste in
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