704 METHODS AND TECHNIQUES 



GROUSE BROOD FLUSHED 



Weather: (encircle correct condition) Serial number. . 



a. warm, normal, cold Date 



I), sunny, cloudy, rainy, snowing. . Survey 



c. strong wind, gusty, still Compartment.. 



(iroirnil: dry, danip. wot "snow Name 



Brood number. 



1 . Map No ; 2. Time of day ; 3. Contact No 



4. Distance from: a. Female ; b. Nearest chick 



5. .\mounl of lime spent with brood minutes. 



6. l)irc<:tion you are {;oin},' 



7. Direction: a. Female flushed ; b. Chicks flushed 



8. General cover from which (lushed (answer a, b, e and d): 



a. Slope: 1. Compass direction down 



2. Flat, gentle, steep 



b. Distance from opening ft. to type (Use .\,B,C,D,I,J,\VR) 



c. Type of cover (Use A,B,C,D,E,F,G,E-H,F-H,I,J) 



d. Distance from crown cover (if flushed in open) feel to type 



9. Immediately surrounding cover (within 100 fc^et of flush): 



a. ('rown cover (''o o{ types represented) 



b. Undergrowth: 1. Type ; 2. Density 



c. (iround cover: I. Type ; 2. Density 



10. Exact cover fniin which flushed (within 10 feet of (lush |)oint): 



a. From the ground (yes or no), .\nswer 1 or 2 and 3. 



1. Close to trees or shrubs; (a) .Specie-s ; (b) Height 



2. la the open (at least 10 feet from trees or .shrubs): 



(a) Distaiure from trees or slirubs ft. 



(b) Species of trees or shrubs 



3. E.xact description of species of cover at jMjint of (lush: 



(a) Urowii cover: species density. 



(b) Undergrowtli: species density. 



1). From a tree: species ; tree height ft.; bird height. . . .ft. 



1 1. Male grouse flushed nearby (yes or no) ; distjmce from brood 



12. C(mdit ion of brood: 



a. Nundier of chicks: 1. seen ; 2. hi'ard, not seen 



b. Kstiiiialed ninnber of chicks in brood 



c. Size of chicks in cdniparisoti with a robin 



d. \ge of brood, eslinialed in weeks 



e. Brood bunched or scattered when Ihishi^d. . ; how far 



f. Developmt^nl of plumage 



13. Behavior and movements of female, of brood and of men on .survey 



1 I. Ideiilily of brood baseil on: 



1.3. Probable influencing factors: 



a. Regarding po.sition of brood : 1. 



b. Regarding behavior of brood : 1 



2 



c. Regarding methods of discovery and handling: 1. 



16. Quality of brood contact us to nundicr of chicks -. 



17. Markings of female: a. \rti(icially marked or not (yes, no or ?) 



Ii. If tiiarkeil. giM' color 



c. ( 'olor phase of female 



1({. Remiirks: (if long, gi\e reference to position in notes). 



H(;LRK 75. D.\T.\ SHEET USED TO RECOKP (.KOI SK BROOD I.NFORMATIO.N 



