Longwatch Master sheet

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1		Make a copy and rename it to Route Initial, YYYY_MM_DD, and your initials. eg. PP2023_05_23GF
2				Princess Point is PP
3	Long Watch Transect Data				Noise Codes
4		2025 11th year of Long Watch			1 = Quiet			Send results to email list as provided to participants
5		Lead observer's name			2 = some noise , e.g, distant traffic, dog barking, but not distracting
6		Total num. of observers			3 = Significant noise but not constant enough to reduce detection
7		Date (MM/DD/YYYY)			4 = Constant noise, e.g heavy traffic, roaring creek
8		Start time			5 = Unable to hear any call (passing train)
9		End time
10		Nature Sanctuary (select 1)	Cootes Paradise North Shore / Cootes Paradise South Shore/ Hendrie Valley/Princess Pt.		Wind Strength Codes - Beaufort Scale
11		Route/Transect Name ( select 1)	Grey Doe/ Captain Cootes / Princess Point /Cherry Hill		0 = Dead calm. Smoke rises vertically
12		Monitoring Type (fixed. leave as is)	Long Watch Spring/Fall Migratory Transect		1 = Direction shown by some smoke drift but not by wind vane
13		Temp (°C) at start			2 = Wind felt on face, leaves rustle. Ordinary vanes moved
14		Wind Strength at start			3 = Leaves & small twigs in constant motion. Light flag extended
15		Wind Gusts (1=yes, 0=no)			4 = Raises dust & loose paper. Small branches moved
16		Cloud Cover at start (/10ths)			5 = Small trees with leaves begin to move
17		Noise Code (1 num. max)			6 = Large branches in motion. Whistling in telephone wires.
18		Visibility (poor fair good )
19		General Comments
20					Copy and paste names of birds seen below to form
21					Red indicates Species at Risk -just FYI, no action needed
22		Species	Count	Observation Notes	Common ones	A-C	D-M	N-R	S-Y
23	1				American Crow	Acadian Flycatcher	Dunlin	Nashville Warbler	Sanderling
24	2				American Goldfinch	Alder Flycatcher	Eastern Wood-pewee	Nelson's Sparrow	Sandhill Crane
25	3				American Robin	American Bittern	Eastern Bluebird	Northern Goshawk	Savannah Sparrow
26	4				American Tree Sparrow	American Black Duck	Eastern Meadowlark	Northern Harrier	Scarlet Tanager
27	5				Baltimore Oriole	American Coot	Eastern Screech-owl	Northern Mockingbird	Sedge Wren
28	6				Belted Kingfisher	American Golden Plover	Eastern Towhee	Northern Parula	Semipalmated Plover
29	7				Black-capped Chickadee	American Kestrel	Evening Grosbeak	Northern Pintail	Semipalmated Sandpiper
30	8				Blue Jay	American Pipit	Eastern Whip-poor-will	Northern Rough-winged Swallow	Sharp-shinned Hawk
31	9				Brown-headed Cowbird	American Redstart	Field Sparrow	Northern Saw-whet Owl	Short-billed Dowitcher
32	10				Canada Goose	American White Pelican	Forster's Tern	Northern Shoveler	Short-eared Owl
33	11				Cedar Waxwing	American Wigeon	Fox Sparrow	Northern Shrike	Snow Bunting
34	12				Chipping Sparrow	American Woodcock	Gadwall	Northern Waterthrush	Solitary Sandpiper
35	13				Common Grackle	Baird's Sandpiper	Glaucous Gull7	Olive-sided Flycatcher	Sora
36	14				Common Yellowthroat	Bald Eagle	Golden Eagle	Orange-crowned Warbler	Spotted Sandpiper
37	16				Dark-eyed Junco	Bank Swallow	Golden-winged Warbler	Orchard Oriole	Stilt Sandpiper
38	15				Double-crested Cormorant	Barn Swallow	Grasshopper Sparrow	Ovenbird	Swainson's Thrush
39	17				Downy Woodpecker	Bay-breasted Warbler	Gray-cheeked Thrush	Palm Warbler	Swamp Sparrow
40	18				Eastern Kingbird	Black-and-white Warbler	Great Black-backed Gull	Pectoral Sandpiper	Tennessee Warbler
41	19				Eastern Phoebe	Black Tern	Great Crested Flycatcher	Peregrine Falcon	Trumpeter Swan
42	20				European Starling	Black Vulture	Great Egret	Philadelphia Vireo	Tufted Titmouse
43	21				Golden-crowned Kinglet	Black-bellied Plover	Great Horned Owl	Pied-billed Grebe	Tundra Swan
44	22				Gray Catbird	Black-billed Cuckoo	Greater Scaup	Pileated Woodpecker	Veery
45	23				Great Blue Heron	Black-crowned Night-heron	Greater Yellowlegs	Pine Grosbeak	Vesper Sparrow
46	24				Hairy Woodpecker	Black-throated Blue Warbler	Green Heron	Pine Siskin	Virginia Rail
47	25				House Wren	Black-throated Green Warbler	Green-winged Teal	Pine Warbler	White-crowned Sparrow
48	26				Mallard	Blackburnian Warbler	Hermit Thrush	Prairie Warbler	White-eyed Vireo
49	27				Mourning Dove	Blackpoll Warbler	Herring Gull	Prothonotory Warbler	Wild Turkey
50	28				Northern Cardinal	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	Hoary Redpoll	Purple Finch	Willet
51	29				Northern Flicker	Blue-headed Vireo	Hooded Merganser	Purple Martin	Willow Flycatcher
52	30				Osprey	Blue-winged Teal	Hooded Warbler	Red-breasted Merganser	Wilson's Phalarope
53	31				Red-bellied Woodpecker	Blue-winged Warbler	Horned Grebe	Red-breasted Nuthatch	Wilson's Snipe
54	32				Red-eyed Vireo	Bobolink	Horned Lark	Red-headed Woodpecker	Wilson's Warbler
55	33				Red-tailed Hawk	Bonaparte's Gull	House Finch	Red-shouldered Hawk	Winter Wren
56	34				Red-winged Blackbird	Broad-winged Hawk	House Sparrow	Redhead	Wood Thrush
57	35				Rose-breasted Grosbeak	Brown Creeper	Indigo Bunting	Ring-billed Gull	Worm-eating Warbler
58	36				Song Sparrow	Brown Thrasher	Killdeer	Ring-necked Duck	Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
59	37				Tree Swallow	Bufflehead	Least Bittern	Rock Pigeon	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
60	38				Turkey Vulture	Canada Warbler	Least Flycatcher	Rough-legged Hawk	Yellow-billed Cuckoo
61	39				Warbling Vireo	Canvasback	Least Sandpiper	Ruby-crowned Kinglet	Yellow-breasted Chat
62	40				White-breasted Nuthatch	Cape May Warbler	Lesser Scaup	Ruby-throated Hummingbird	Yellow-throated Vireo
63	41				White-throated Sparrow	Caspian Tern	Lesser Yellowlegs	Ruddy Duck	Yellow-throated Warbler
64	42				Wood Duck	Carolina Wren	Lincoln's Sparrow	Ruddy Turnstone	Yellow-rumped Warbler
65	43				Yellow Warbler	Cerulean Warbler	Long-eared Owl	Ruffed Grouse
66	44				Yellow-rumped Warbler	Chestnut-sided Warbler	Long-tailed Duck	Rusty Blackbird
67	45					Chimney Swift	Louisiana Waterthrush
68	46					Clay-colored Sparrow	Magnolia Warbler
69	47					Cliff Swallow	Marsh Wren
70	48					Common Gallinule	Merlin
71	49					Common Goldeneye	Mourning Warbler
72	50					Common Loon	Mute Swan
73	51					Common Merganser
74	52					Common Nighthawk
75	53					Common Raven
76	54					Common Redpoll
77	55					Common Tern
78	56					Connecticut Warbler
79	57					Cooper's Hawk
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81	59
82	60
83	61
84	62
85	63
86	64
87	65
88	66
89	67
90	68
91	69
92	70
93	71
94	72
95	73
96	74
97	75
98
99		Total Number of Species	0
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