Updating Your Birding Journal - Key points? (1 Viewer)

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Birdspotters

Member

• Jan 23, 2013

• #1

Hi all,

(I posted this in the wrong forum initially - bugger!)

I hope you can help. When noting down your bird sightings in your journal, What are the key points that you add to each sighting?

Thanks for the help in advance.

Jean

 

Keith Dickinson

Well-known member

Opus Editor

• Jan 23, 2013

• #2

I start each birding trips notes by logging date/weather and companions. I then list species seen/number/gender/age (if that is possible)/any notable activity.

 

eddy the eagle

Well-known member

• Jan 23, 2013

• #3

In addition to location,time weather and wind direction and approx speed,I list all species seen,gender if known,number in flock size approx ,habitat if feedng,and in the case of raptors individual numbers seen.This information is for my benefit only but when I meet up with other birders I sometimes are able to help in providing locations and dates of paricular species seen.Hope this helps Eddy.

 

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Birdspotters

Member

• Jan 24, 2013

• #4

Great, thanks guys! On our new birding online journal platform we have:

Bird name:
Bird type:
Gender:
Date spotted:
Time spotted:
Number of birds:
Bird behavior:
Notes:
Upload photo:

Should we add any more than this or just keep it to the basics so that birders don't have to have the laborious task of adding every detail for the sighting?

Also, could anyone give me a list of 'Bird behavior' types that we should include i.e. feeding, mating etc? I would like a good list.

Appreciate your help.

Jean

 

Last edited: Jan 24, 2013

eddy the eagle

Well-known member

• Jan 24, 2013

• #5

Hello Jean,one thing I forgot to mention above was not to let the keeping of a journal interfere with your enjoyment of our pastime,this is the main reason why we go out there and we should not forget it.A possibility,that I do not use myself,is maybe to initially use a tape recorder to keep your notes and later transfer them to your computer. Eddy.

 

Mike Crawley

Emeritus President at Burnage Rugby Club

• Jan 24, 2013

• #6

great point Eddy

 

njlarsen

Gallery Moderator

Opus Editor

Supporter

• Jan 24, 2013

• #7

I sometimes use this one for exactly that: http://www.remembird.com/

Niels