Garden Bird Survey
The survey period began in June and will end on 8 July. Please record the largest number of each species you detect at any one time in 1 hour of observation (not the total detected over the hour). The reason for counting the largest number detected at one time is so that individual birds are not counted twice.
You can be either inside (e.g. in the living room at home or classroom at school looking out the window) or outside (e.g. on a veranda or garden seat). If you have a bird feeder or water bath, you may like to watch the part of your garden where that is. You don’t have to be able to see your whole garden, just part of your garden will do.
A pdf of the survey form can be downloaded from the garden bird website:
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www.landcareresearch.co.nz]
If you are able, please enter your results online on the above website. This saves other volunteers having to enter your data for you.
Source: Eric Spurr, Landcare Research email notice
