OFFICIAL CHARADRIIFORMES BIG DAY AND SHOREBIRD CENSUS RULES

Many of you wil probably be participating in the shorebird census
this weekend. I thought it might be interesting to attempt to combine
the suggestion of a thematic big day with some real science. If you
are not officially participating in the census, you can still play
along.

1. You must count individuals to qualify.
2. Shorebirds don't recognize county lines or state borders, neither
should you. Data will be compiled based on eco-regions.
3. You only get 24 continuous hours, Saturday, Aug 26 or Sunday,
Aug 27.
4. Teams may not split up. No teams larger than 37 individuals birders
will be allowed.
5. The compiler reserves the right to ask for detatils on any species
seen by a group. Details are required on all OBRC birds.

OFFICIAL CHARADRIIFORMES BIG DAY AND SHOREBIRD CENSUS FORM
Return to mpatters at ednet1.osl.or.gov for compilation

Name of observer(s)_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
Ecoregion_______________________________________________________
Time started___________________Time finished ___________________
Begin odometer_________________End odometer_____________________

Bonus Points Check off:
1.Yes, I had to look up Charadriiformes _______
2.Non-coastal bonus _______
3.High elevation (3000ft+) bonus _______

individuals tally (please sum)
___Scolopacidae (31+)
___Greater Yellowlegs
___Lesser Yellowlegs
___Solitary Sandpiper
___Willet
___Wandering Tattler
___Spotted Sandpiper
___Upland Sandpiper
___Whimbrel
___Long-billed Curlew
___Marbled Godwit
___Ruddy Turnstone
___Black Turnstone
___Surfbird
___Red Knot
___Sanderling
___Semipalmated Sandpiper
___Western Sandpiper
___Least Sandpiper
___Baird's Sandpiper
___Pectoral Sandpiper
___Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
___Rock Sandpiper
___Dunlin
___Buff-breasted Sandpiper
___Ruff
___Short-billed Dowitcher
___Long-billed Dowitcher
___Common Snipe
___Wilson's Phalarope
___Red-necked Phalarope
___Red Phalarope
___additional (details required)
___additional (details required)
___additional (details required)
___additional (details required)
___Haematopodidiae (1)
___Black Oystercatcher
___Recurvirostridae (2)
___Black-necked Stilt
___American Avocet
___Charadriidae (6+)
___Black-bellied Plover
___American Golden-plover
___Pacific Golden-plover
___Snowy Plover
___Semipalmated Plover
___Killdeer
___additional (details required)
___additional (details required)
___Laridae (19+)
___Franklin's Gull
___Bonapart's Gull
___Heerman's Gull
___Mew Gull
___Ring-billed Gull
___California Gull
___Herring Gull
___Thayer's Gull
___Western Gull
___Glaucous-winged Gull
___Glaucous Gull
___Black-legged Kittiwake
___Sabine's Gull
___Caspian Tern
___Elegant Tern
___Common Tern
___Arctic Tern
___Forster's Tern
___Black Tern
___additional (details required)
___additional (details required)
___additional (details required)
___Stercorariidae (4)
___Pomarine Jaeger
___Long-tailed Jaeger
___Parsitic Jaeger
___South Polar Skua
___Alcidae (8+)
___Common Murre
___Pigeon Guillemot
___Marbled Murrelet
___Ancient Murrelet
___Cassin's Auklet
___Rhinocerus Auklet
___Tufted Puffin
___Horned Puffin
___additional (details required)
___additional (details required)
___Additional families (details required)


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