REGISTER FOR THE 2012

ALL WOMEN`S BIRDING BUST

April 28

Get out your binoculars, ladies, and join your female birding buddies in Georgia’s Big Day Count for women only.  For one day  we will count birds in Georgia.  You can participate for as many hours as you like and count birds anywhere in the state that you want.  You can bird as hard or little as you desire.   Do it by yourself or form a team with some of youf favorite women birders.  Even as you read this, teams are forming all over the state.  Teams that enjoyed not only seeing great birds but also the thrill of improving their birding skills year after year.

Our primary goal is to get women out into the field and participate in a Big Day Count and have fun.  This is not a competitive event unless you make it so, which some of us have, I`ll admit.  In any case, come out and join us.

To register for the 2012  April 28 All Women`s Birding Bust, simply fill out the information below and e-mail it to Georgann Schmalz

 REGISTRATION

TEAM LEADER:

HOME PHONE:

E-MAIL:

TEAM MEMBERS

APPROXIMATE AREA OF THE STATE WHERE YOU WILL BIRD

To be truly competitive, we must adhere to a few rules established bythe American Birding Association.  Please read them carefully.  After all, we are women and we do things right, the first time, every time.

RULES FOR BIG DAY COUNT

1.    Birds must be conclusively identified by sight orsound.
2.    Birds counted must be alive, wild, and unrestrained.
3.    Birds attracted to tape-recorders or feeders may be counted.
4.    All counting must be within a single 24-hour period on a single calendar day.
5.    All participants must travel in the same vehicle.
6.    All team participants must remain within direct voice-contact distance except for time-outs (bathroom breaks).
7.    95% of the birds counted must be seen or heard by everyone on the team.   Only 5% can be unshared birds, i.e., not seen or heard by everyone on the team.
A bird does not have to been seen or heard by everyone at the same time.
For example, two out of four team members may see a robin in the morning and, later in the day,  the other two members see one,  making the robin a shared bird.
8.    Teams must make every reasonable effort to avoid receiving bird-finding help from non-participants.   Phone and radio contacts and pre-arranged field encounters are not permitted.
9.    When other birders are encountered, participants may not solicit bird-finding information.  However, any information received prior to the Big Day Count
may be used during the Count.
10.  Each team should strive to maintain proper birding ethics and etiquette at all times.
This includes no speeding tickets!
11.  Have fun.