Circle: Oak Hill, WV Circle Code: WVOH Count Date: 12-16-2023
Participants must pre-register or submitted data cannot be accepted.
Compiler: Rachel Davis, 304-880-8059, rachel@birding-wv.com
Complete and Submit a completed data collection form on Dec 16, 2023.
A party is more than one persons surveying together. If your party divides into smaller groups surveying different areas within your designated area, then each smaller group becomes a party and each party logs their own hours and miles.
Round your start/stop time to the nearest quarter hour, using decimals.
Example time: 15min. = .25, and 45 min. = .75
Round your mileage to the nearest quarter mile, using decimals. Example: ¼ mile = .25, and ¾ mile = .75.
Miles by Car: Check your odometer when you begin and again when you end. Calculate the miles driven.
Don't count re-tracing your route.
Miles by Foot: Figure 1 mile per hour of walking maximum. Standing still or birding outside your car is
considered walking with 0 miles. Don't count re-tracing your steps.
Total Miles: Miles driven plus miles walked by your party(s).