calm, smoke rises vertically	0
	smoke drifts to show wind direction	1
	leaves rustle, wind felt on face	2
	leaves, small twigs in constant motion; light flag extended	3
	raises dust, leaves, loose paper; small branches in motion	4
	small trees with leaves sway	5
	larger branches in motion; whistling heard in wires	6
	whole trees in motion; resistance felt walking against wind	7
	twigs, small branches broken off trees; walking generally impeded	8

Wind Direction	compass direction FROM which the wind is coming (N, NNE, SE, etc.);
	if variable, enter VAR
Temp (Celsius)	if you don't have a thermometer with Celsius, read deg F, then convert later
	using C=(F-32)x5/9
Humidity	estimate %
Bar. Pressure	in inches, if known
Cloud Cover	estimate % of sky with background cloud cover
Visibility (km)	estimate from your longest view, in km (multiply miles by 1.5 to get ~kms)

Precipitation

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	None	0
	Haze or Fog	1
	Drizzle	2
	Rain	3
	Thunderstorm	4
	Snow	5
	Wind-driven dust, sand or snow	6

Flight Direction	compass direction migrants are HEADING (S, SSW, etc.)

Height of Flight

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	below eye level	0
	eye level to ~30 meters	1
	birds seen easily with unaided eyes (or with eyeglasses)	2
	at limit of unaided vision	3
	beyond limit of unaided eye but visible with binoculars up to 10x	4
	at limit of binoculars	5
	beyond limit of binoculars up to 10x, but seen with >10x or telescope	6
	no predominant height - most often used code	7

No. of observers

number of observers actually contributing observations during the hour

Dur.of obs.(min.)

amount of observation time, in minutes, during the hour

Comments

anything you can add about the flight or specific birds (e.g. kettle size; plumage;

full crop; unusual behavior)

on the Field Recording Sheet:  number the observation, then write it (numbered) on the back

on the HMANA DRF summary sheet:  mark "x" under comments, then copy observation to the back