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FeederWatch Instructions

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male White-breasted Nuthatch by Larry McQueen
Watch an instructional video that gives a quick review of how to participate in Project FeederWatch
 
Getting Started with data entry
 
  Instructions for Collecting Data
 
1) Select your count site
 
2) Choose your count days

See this season's start and end dates
 
3) Identify your birds
 
4) Prepare a tally sheet
 
5) Count your birds

Learn how to estimate numbers in a large flock and other tricky counts and special cases.

6) Record effort & weather data
 
  Instructions for reporting data
 
1) Submit your data to FeederWatch
 
2) Instructions for entering data online
 
You may download and print the complete instructional handbook. (Note that this is a large .pdf file.)
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