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New Participant Kit

New Participant Online-only Kit

Renewing Participant Kit

Renewing Participant Online-only Kit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Project FeederWatch participants receive a Research Kit in the mail. Each year we start shipping kits in October. Participants have the option of submitting their bird counts electronically, using our secure web site, or through the mail, using paper data forms. When you sign-up, you choose the type of kit that you would like to receive, based on how you would like to submit data. The options include:
New Participant Kit--paper forms
  1. Welcome Letter
  2. Instruction Booklet
  3. FeederWatcher's Handbook, full of information on birds and bird feeding
  4. Full-color poster of common feeder birds with paintings by noted bird artist, Larry McQueen
  5. Bird Watching Days Calendar, to help you keep track of your Count Days
  6. Data forms--ten Count Forms for your region, one for each Count Period, and one Count Site Description Form
  7. Envelope for returning data forms to FeederWatch
New Participant Online-Only Kit
  1. Welcome Letter
  2. Instruction Booklet
  3. FeederWatcher's Handbook, full of information on birds and bird feeding
  4. Full-color poster of common feeder birds with paintings by noted bird artist, Larry McQueen
  5. Bird Watching Days Calendar, to help you keep track of your Count Days
  6. Tally Sheet
    ** Note: With this kit data can only be submitted through our web site.

Renewing Participant Kit

  1. Welcome Letter
  2. Instruction Booklet with Tally Sheet
  3. Bird Watching Days Calendar to help you keep track of your Count Days
  4. Data forms--ten Count Forms for your region, one for each Count Period, and one Count Site Description Form
  5. Envelope for returning Data Booklet to FeederWatch

Renewing Participant Online-only Kit

  1. Welcome Letter
  2. Bird Watching Days Calendar to help you keep track of your Count Days
  3. Tally Sheet
    ** Note: With this kit data can only be submitted through our web site.
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FeederWatch is a joint research and education project of:
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