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Forms for recording bird counts
Use either of these forms for recording bird counts. They include descriptions of the data that needs to be collected such as sun, cloud etc. If you use these forms you will collect data in the same format as other 5MBC studies and as recommended in Dawson and Bull (1975).
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Data entry spreadsheet
Once you have finished your bird count, enter the results into the data entry spreadsheet (MS Excel, 300K).
The spreadsheet has five tabs. If you fill in the first few tabs systematically you will find the cells in the fourth tab will be automatically filled in as you enter the data.
The spreadsheet contains a background list of bird species.
We recommend you use this list so your study can be easily compared with other five-minute bird count studies and easily entered into the DOC 5MBC database in the future.