QUICK START

Summary of instructions

• Select which species you would like to survey, by determining the study species that breed in your area

• Familiarize yourself with the habitat, behavior, and sounds of the species you are studying. Use a field guide for a visual identification

• Select one or more survey points
  - locate appropriate forest patches
  - establish survey points in the forest patches
  - delineate your study site(s)

• Determine appropriate visit dates

• Make 2 visits to each point, on each visit
  - survey for appropriate species using the BFL protocol
  - note cowbirds, nest predators, and breeding status of study species
  - describe survey point and study site habitat characteristics
  - record data on a Field Form

• Describe landscape-level characteristics around each study site from topographic maps or aerial photographs and record on Field Form

• Enter data via the BFL web site and/or send Field Forms and maps to Cornell by September 15 to:

  Birds in Forested Landscapes
  Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
  159 Sapsucker Woods Road
  Ithaca, NY 14850

  If you need help with the project, contact a site coordinator  or the BFL staff

  HOW TO CONTACT THE STAFF OF BIRDS IN FORESTED LANDSCAPES

  If you have questions about BFL methods, or about how to contact site coordinators, contact

  Sara Barker (607) 254-2465

  or

  Jim Lowe (607) 254-2413

  You can also reach the BFL staff or sign up for the BFL e-mail discussion group by sending e-mail to: forest_birds@cornell.edu