FeederWatch Tally Sheet

Project FeederWatch Tally Sheet for online data entry

Transfer data from this worksheet to online data forms. Do not submit Tally Sheets to Project FeederWatch.
Helpful hint : Copy this page into a word processing document, add the species that commonly visit your feeders, and then print a copy for each of your counts.

FeederWatch ID number: ____________ Password: __________________ Login name: _______________
The dates of this count are ______________________ and ______________________.

Effort

When did you watch your FeederWatch Count Site?

	____ Day 1, morning	____ Day 1, afternoon
	____ Day 2, morning	____ Day 2, afternoon

Estimate the cumulative time that you watched your FeederWatch Count Site.

	____ Less than 1 hour	____ 4+ to 8 hours
	____ 1 to 4 hours	____ More than 8 hours

Weather

Daylight temperature

Mark the temperature extremes for each Count Day. Report to Project FeederWatch only the extreme low and high for the two-day count.

Low			High
Day 1	Day 2	Temperature	Day 1	Day 2
_____	_____	Under -18^oC (under 0^oF)	_____	_____
_____	_____	-18^o to -10^oC (0^o to 14^oF)	_____	_____
_____	_____	-9^o to 0^oC (15^o to 32^oF)	_____	_____
_____	_____	1^o to 10^oC (33^o to 50^oF)	_____	_____
_____	_____	11^o to 20^oC (51^o to 68^oF)	_____	_____
_____	_____	Over 20^oC (over 68^oF)	_____	_____

Daylight precipitation

Select the kind of precipitation that occurred during the two-day count.

	*Type*	*Duration*
	____None	____Under 1 hour
	____Rain	____1 to 3 hours
	____Rain/Snow	____3 to 6 hours
	____Snow	____Over 6 hours

Snow depth and snow cover

Mark the conditions during the majority of your two-day count.

	____None
	____Under 5 cm (under 2")
	____5 cm to 15 cm (2" to 6")
	____Over 15 cm (over 6")
	____Hard crust or ice covers snow.
	____Snow cover is patchy (less than 50% cover).

Species Seen

Use the space below to tally the numbers of birds of each species you see at one time. Then report your highest counts to Project FeederWatch. (Do not add your counts together--report only the highest number seen at one time).

Species Name

Highest Number Seen at One Time

____ I watched my feeders, but no birds were present.