photocopies of Field Recording Sheet (or your own field notebook); pen with black ink;
binoculars; telescope (if you have one); field guide; water and food; folding stool;

2) report any recording time that is one hour or more

3) enter any weather values that you know, leave the rest blank - a partial report is better than none at all

4) if a weather value does not change, continue with a line drawn down from the hour before -

5) enter only the # of hawks seen - if there are none, leave it blank (no zeros)

6) if there is a kettle of mixed composition, try to get another observer to focus on the non-Broadwings

7) if you are uncertain of a species identification, record it as "Unid." Accipiter, Buteo, Eagle, Falcon,

8) if a bird seems uncommon: take careful notes, discuss it among observers - subsequent identification

9) sex, age, and morph are potential entries for experienced observers

10) record non-raptor species seen migrating, such as geese, ducks, hummingbirds, Monarch butterflies

11) remember that negative information (no hawks seen) is just as critical as positive counts

12) summarize your data (total # of each species per hour) from the Field Recording Sheet onto a

13) mail paper DRF's promptly to Paul Roberts, 254 Arlington Street, Medford, MA 02155

your reports will be submitted to national raptor databases compiled by Eastern Mass Hawk Watch,

THANK YOU!

Raptor species expected in the Northeast

Accipiters: 

Buteos: 

Falcons: 

DEFINITIONS for data forms on OTHER SIDE