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Send In Your Reports
If you take a whale watch, fishin trip or do a seawatch from land on your own or with others, please send your report to the webmaster. Please see the reporting guidelines for boat trips below. I plan to add a form that you can use to send in your report right from the webpage.
Reporting Guidelines Boat TripsThese trip reports do not pretend to be scientific observations. Boats circle tending to confuse counters about what birds have already been counted. Do try to follow these guidelines for boat trips.
- Do not include birds seen in the harbor or along the shore. The same goes for Harbor Seals. Report only those you see offshore.
- If you count a species on the way out and on the way back, only report the highest count.
- Don't forget to include the number of whales, dolphins, sea turtles, sharks and an estimate of Black-backed and Herring Gulls.
- Include the number of observers.
- If you are not sure about an indentification report it as species?
- Find out from the naturalist where the boat actually ended up. Look for identification buoys such as B.E. buoy.
- Finally, don't be afraid to report. If nothing else it is good to know a birder was out there.