eBird Canada: Northwest Territories and Nunavut checklist

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eBird is an on-line, real time data collection program for birds seen anywhere in the world. The NWT/NU Bird Checklist Survey Program has now been completely integrated into the eBird sys tem, and all current and future data will be stored there.

This is a paper form for keeping track of your northern field observations prior to submitting them to eBird. Please ensure you fill in all information on this form. It has all fields that are required to make a checklist entry on eBird.ca. eBird has many amazing features to organize and track all of your personal bird records! The data stored in eBird are accessible to everyone and you can download complete datasets from any region of interest.

The Canadian Wildlife Service of Environment and Climate Change Canada is continuing to promote the collection of checklist data for birds in the north. Your data are important and may be used for conservation decisions and planning in the north.

If you are unable to enter your observations electronically on eBird.ca, please send the form to the address below and we will ensure your valuable data are entered and preserved.

Thank you for Participating!

Please note that all bird data submitted to this program is in the public domain. No personal data is released.

Log on to eBird.ca and enter your own data or return your completed form(s) to:

eBird Canada, NWT and Nunavut
Canadian Wildlife Service
Box 2310, 5019-52 ^nd Street
Yellowknife, NT X1A 2P7 Canada
Fax: +867-873-8185
email: NWTChecklist@ec.gc.ca

Revised March 2014

Primary Observer Information

Name:

Address:

Phone No:

email:

Where did you bird?

Name of area, feature, or location:

Territory:

Coordinates (Lat/Long or UTMs)

Latitude:

Longitude:

or

Zone:

UTM

Easting

Northing

When did you bird?

Please only submit data for a 24 hour period or less

Date: (month/day/year)

Start time: (hour/minute)

a.m./p.m. (circle one)

Duration:

hrs.

min.

Number of people in your birding party:

What kind of birding did you do? (check one)

[ ] Traveling count

km

Observations made while birding over a specified distance (preferably <8km) and duration. Examples include most general field birding, walking a trail, or driving a scenic loop. *Distance is mandatory for this count.

[ ] Stationary count

Observations made from a specific location (moving <30m) and duration. Examples include hawk-watching, seawatching, or watching birds from your yard or local park. *Duration is mandatory for this count.

[ ] Incidental observation

Incidental observations made when birding was not your primary purpose. Examples include a fly-over, Osprey seen while driving to work or noting a few birds while gardening.

[ ] Area count

ha

Observations made from a specified area and duration, often when covering the same ground repeatedly. Examples include a thorough survey of your yard or a local park. (1 ha = 100m x 100m).

Note: Area covered (ha) is mandatory for this count.

Please note

eBird will not accept observations from a traveling count without a distance estimate, a stationary count without a duration value, or an area count without an area estimate. If this information is not provided, the observation(s) can only be submitted as an incidental observation.

eBird can only accept observations from a single day. Two-day or week long counts cannot be considered, so please break out your birding into day long events (the smaller the better). You can change the date as far back as 1800 for year, if you are entering historic data or past field notes.

Comments

Provide notes on unusual observations such as rarities, extralimital sightings, odd behaviour, odd habitat associations. For rare or unusual birds, include photographs for verification. Give a detailed description of identifying features and behaviour.

5 Ways to make your checklist more valuable

1. Give as much detail (i.e. where and when) as possible. Start time, duration, coordinates, distance, etc. are very valuable for analyses.
2. Be sure to record all the species you detect on your outing and indicate that you are submitting a complete checklist.
3. Try to plot your location in the center point of your traveling count.
4. A checklist documenting a traveling, stationary or an area count is more valuable in data analysis than a checklist with an incidental observation.
5. If you cannot count the exact number of birds, estimate the number of individuals rather than using 'X'. On eBird, 'X' can signify anywhere from 1 to 1,000,000 or more!

Record the # of males and females or if sex is unknown, simply record the total. Report sightings of juveniles or nests in the comments section.

Are you submitting a complete checklist (all birds heard or seen) of the birds you were able to identify? (Circle one)
Yes / No