FIEID IDENTIFICAnOlf OF SaSABIRDS 



TIME : loop S HI P SAN P/>BL0 a BSEEtVH R J"E8 



lAT. 62*0O^ 



WEATHHl CLE^AR. 



DATE 22 /^tffegS' 



Feather areas 

 (color) 



WIKD »'R- W- WAVE HEICTT 4' 



Tail 

 (shape) 



rounded' 



nape 



aqtiare 



throat 



forked 



side of head 



breast 



belly 



tall 



u nder tall cov erts 

 wing ( tipper surface^ 



K 



pointed 



Iffligth^ 



shorter than body 



longer t h an body 



san e length as body 



Bill 



(shape) 



primaries 



secondaries 

 coverts 



ving (lower surface) 



curved. 

 str«d.|^t 



spear-shaped 



back 



5 



aarl-shaped 

 (lengto) 



zmip 



Feet tmd legs 



longCT than head 



Bill 



Wing (shape) 



length of head 



shorter than head 



short 



long 



extremely long/narroy 



CflPiparatlYe 



wing 



Sise 



length 



spread 



rectangular 



warbler 



5" 



7^ 



7" 



large gull 26" 



13^ 



^15* 



Dlrecti<m of fligh¥~ 



^<?Tl WTy|"5 E[S'1 SE sw 



X 



bluebird 



ir 



x 



eagle 



albatross 55^ 



jpigeOT^ 

 crow 



W 



11' 



Legs and feet in fllf^t 

 extending much beyond tall 

 shorter than t«d. l 

 length of tail 



Flock conipositlon: All one specie s 



Two or more species 



"Saaber (by count estimate) If long, 



passing flock estimate ninber passing per minute 

 times nixnber of minutes required to pass 



Flock formation 



coDipact: (distance between birds not over 2 times wlngspan) 



open: (distance between birds not over 10 times wlngspan J ""* 



scattered: (distance between birds over 10 times wlngspan) 



streaming: (large numbers following a narrow flight path in one direction) 



Activity 



catching flying 

 Insects 



swimming or 

 drifting 



diving frcD 

 flight 



diving from 

 surface 



swllBiing 

 underwater 



feeding 



pairing. 



resting - 



preening - 



Flight pattern fluttering i Planing iSeeUng 

 height above water toudilng water wings set 



scaling 

 towards 



direct on 

 a course 



l'-5' 



above 40' 



following ship 



Figure 0-16. Suggested format for field identification of seabirds. 



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