Training: Main Menu
Using the BBS Methodology Training web site
Chan Robbin’s Introduction (and optional video clip, 15 Mb)
Description and Methods
Description and history
Methods and equipment
Requirements
Equipment
When to run routes
Weather problems
Point Counts
What is an avian point count?
Conducting a point count
Conducting a BBS point count
Vehicles and excessive noise
The BBS Route
Scouting the route
Route Safety
Stop locations
Data Recording & Submission
Data entry
Returning data sheets
Due dates
Written instructions
Data reports
Appendices:
A.
Weather Codes
B.
Documenting rare or exceptional species
C.
Documenting migrant, vagrant, or non-breeding species
D.
Geo-referencing stop locations
E.
Internet links
U.S. Department of the Interior
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U.S. Geological Survey
Eastern Ecological Science Center
Laurel, MD, USA 20708-4038
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