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Text Box: CENSUS PARTICIPANTS
Please be as complete as possible, particularly :
1. Review form guidelines prior to census.
2. Fill in/check mark all pertinent spaces in top section.
3. Provide “Estimated Breeding Pairs” data for active colonies.

Tennessee Colonial Wading Birds Breeding Survey Form - 2008

COLONY NAME:                                                                                                                                                     

COLONY CODE NUMBER:                                           COLONY (check one):  Active _____  Inactive  _____

SURVEY DATE:  _        _  -  -_     _  _ -  2008___       DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS:  No  _____  Yes  _____

                            month       day            year

OBSERVER(S):

        Primary:                                                                                                                                                          

                                Last Name                                       First                                                         M.I.

            Address:                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

            Email:                                                                                                                                         Telephone: (         )                                                       

        OBSERVER(S) :                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

       Primary : ___________________________________________Cooperators:                                                                                                                  

SURVEY VANTAGE POINT (circle one):  On-Site Visit    From Boat   On Foot   From Vehicle     TIME: Start _________________   End _________________

 

Species

Predominant Reproductive Stage

(enter a code from box below)

 

Survey Type
(enter a code from box below)
Nests                      Adults

Number Adults

Total Number Nests

Number Active Nests

Number Young

Seen

Estimated Breeding Pairs

Dbl.-cr. Cormorant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anhinga

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great Blue Heron

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great Egret

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snowy Egret

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Little Blue Heron

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cattle Egret

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green Heron

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bl.-cr. Night-Heron

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Y.-cr. Night-Heron

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box: Survey Type Codes:  Actual Count = 1; Visual Estimate = 2; 
Sampling = 3; Other = 0 (­­­­­­­­­­­­­­______________________________
__________________________________________________)_
 
Text Box: Reproductive Stage Codes: Pre-nesting (standing around in heronry) = 1; Building = 2; Eggs in Nest = 3; Unfledged Young = 4; Recent Fledglings = 5.
 
 
 h= 5

 

 

 
Comments:___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

COLONY SITE DESCRIPTION:  County:                                 Size:                    hectares (acres/2.5)

Latitude:                                                                                             Longitude:                                                                                                                                           

Explain how lat./long. determined and where standing in relation to heronry if using GPS (NAD 83).                                                                                         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Nearest City/Town:                                                     Distance:            miles    Directions from town to colony:                                                                         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

 

Owner:                                                                        Address:                                                                                                                                                    

 

General Description:                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Is Colony specifically managed or protected for wading birds?      NO        YES

GENERAL HABITAT: (Check as applicable)

  Bottomland Hardwood

  Freshwater Island

  Peninsula

 

 

  Riparian/River, Stream

  Shoreline/Lake, Pond, Impoundment

 

 

  Upland Wooded

  Other: ____________________

 

SPECIFIC HABITAT: (Check as applicable)

  Bottomland Hardwood

  Cypress

  Deciduous Trees

  Evergreen Trees               

 

  Fresh Marsh

  Mixed Forbs/Shrubs/Grass

  Mixed Trees

  Shrub Swamp

 

  Wooded Swamp

  Other: ____________________

 

 

Return completed forms to Michael Lee Bierly, 5211 Kentucky Avenue, Nashville, TN 37209-2006 or email mlbierly@bellsouth.net.