Entering your counts

Here's how to enter your counts. We're after a minimum and maximum count of how many individuals of each bird species that you see or only hear in the first five minutes of your survey, and the minimum and maximum count of how many individuals you see or only hear over the whole 20 min survey (that includes the first five minutes).

That means that there are a whopping eight count fields in the project. It shouldn't be hard though.

Here are some examples to help.

Example 1: One fantail seen in the first five minutes and one fantail only heard ("meep meep") after the first five minutes.

mimumum number of individuals seen in first five minutes = 1
maximum number of individuals seen in first five minutes = 1
mimumum number of individuals heard only in first five minutes = 0
maximum number of individuals heard only in first five minutes = 0
mimumum number of individuals seen = 1
maximum number of individuals seen = 1
mimumum number of individuals heard only = 1
maximum number of individuals heard only = 1

Example 2: No fantails seen or heard in the first five minutes but one fantail seen briefly after the first five minutes, and then later on in the survey a fantail seen again (you're not sure if it was the same bird).

mimumum number of individuals seen in first five minutes = 0
maximum number of individuals seen in first five minutes = 0
mimumum number of individuals heard only in first five minutes = 0
maximum number of individuals heard only in first five minutes = 0
mimumum number of individuals seen = 1
maximum number of individuals seen = 2
mimumum number of individuals heard only = 0
maximum number of individuals heard only = 0

Example 3: No fantails seen or heard in the first five minutes but one fantail seen briefly after the first five minutes—a pied bird— and then later on in the survey another fantail seen—a black phase bird so definitely a different bird.

mimumum number of individuals seen in first five minutes = 0
maximum number of individuals seen in first five minutes = 0
mimumum number of individuals heard only in first five minutes = 0
maximum number of individuals heard only in first five minutes = 0
mimumum number of individuals seen = 2
maximum number of individuals seen = 2
mimumum number of individuals heard only = 0
maximum number of individuals heard only = 0

If you want more examples, or have questions, just leave a comment below.

Posted on March 10, 2020 12:13 AM by jon_sullivan