BCFO Rare Bird Report Form

To submit a rare bird report to the Bird Records Committee please complete the form below, and click the submit button at the bottom of the form.

If you have photographs to submit please send them as separate files via email to the chair of the committee.

Species(required)

Date and time first seen(required)

Date last seen(required)

Number of birds(required)

Age/Sex

Specific location(required)

Submitter(required)

Email(required)

Finder (if different)

Identifier (if different)

Other observers

Any who disagree with identfication?

Optical aids(required)

Distance from bird(s)(required)

Length of time viewed

If photos or videos, sound recordings or descriptions are available on websites, listserves, eBird, journals, etc., please provide links or citation details.

Weather (general description)

Wind direction and speed

Light conditions (good, dull, etc & sun behind side etc.

Visibility (distance)

Rain, mist etc

Cloud cover

Other species present for comparison

Observer's experience with this and similar species

When did you (or someone else) first identify the bird to species, (e.g., immediately in the field, or some time after the fact (specify duration)?(required)

Address of submitter

Phone number

Description - please include the plumage colours/patterns, bare parts, structure, size, vocalizations, behaviour, habitat, as well as the circumstances of finding the bird, and any additional comments(required)

Electronic submissions are preferred.

An MS Word version of the above form may be downloaded below.

BCFO BRC Rare Bird Report Form2

Mailed documentation should be sent to:

Nathan Hentze
British Columbia Field Ornithologists
P.O. Box 45111 Dunbar
Vancouver, B.C.
V6S 2M8

Page updated 18 October 2017

BCFO Rare Bird Report Form

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