Documenting Bird Records

 

Once you have observed and properly identified a bird, documentation of its presence is your next obligation.  Details about how to accomplish this task may be found in many sources, including the following one:

          Stedman, S. J., and J. C. Robinson. 1987. Documentation and submission of bird records
                  in Tennessee. Migrant 58 (3): 65–79.

     You may view an online copy of this article at this page of the TOS website:

     Basic information about a sighting of a common bird can be placed on a field card for permanent storage.  More detailed information about a sighting of a rare bird should be recorded on a special form designed for the purpose, an example of which may be found via the following link:

  

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