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Reporting Encounter of Marked Bird with a Metal Federal Band

BBL - Reporting Encounter of Marked Bird with a Metal Federal Band
Yellow boxes with asterisks (*) are required fields.
If you saw only a coded neck collar, plastic leg band, etc. , proceed here.
If your band has fewer than 8 digits or you have problems using this form, please email us.
If prefix has 3 digits, enter only them, no zeroes or dashes; the computer will fill in a zero.
Suffix must be 5 digits.
Today is 05/27/2009.

About the Band and Bird
If 3-digit prefix, computer will add leading 0.
*Band Number -
                                  Prefix         Suffix		 Reward Band Number
(if present) 		Color of Coded Marker
(if present)
1st color = marker color; 2nd color = code color
Kind of Bird Code on Marker
Comments: (max 100 characters)
This field is for additional information on the encounter of the bird or band ONLY. 		 If bird has special marker(s) without codes,
 describe them in Comments field.
How was the bird/band obtained?
Present condition (Select one value from each group):
*Status of Band:     *Status of Bird:

About the Date
Date of Encounter / /
                                      MM             DD             YYYY
If day or day and month are unknown;
leave the corresponding field(s) blank.
 If date is completely unknown, leave all date fields blank, or
If during the current hunting season click button , or
If from a prior hunting season, select 4-digit year here and click button
Clear selection
 

About the Band Encounter Location
*Country:
*State/Province:
County of Nearest Town:
*Nearest Town or Village: (preferably within 5 miles) (This field provides suggested choices within the county selected. If the town you input does not appear as you type, you may continue to type it in anyway. If you only know the state or county type "unknown".)
Distance from Town: Miles Kilometers
Direction from Town:
Location Description: (Please enter an identifiable location here, such as a named lake, refuge, WMA, etc. Do not enter town or state here.)
Latitude/Longitude Format (if available) select one format;
UTM or Twp/Range Coordinates? Put in Comments field, above.


Latitude D,M,S 		N


S
Longitude D,M,S 		E


W


Latitude D,DM 		N


S
Longitude D,DM 		E


W


Latitude DD 		N


S
Longitude DD 		E


W

About You

Are you: The Finder A State, Provincial, or Federal Official A Bird Bander? (Check all that apply)
Reporter information
*First Name: *Last Name: Email Address:
Daytime Telephone #: - - (no prefixes or dashes, please, just numbers)

All Users: Please complete the following information about your home address
*Country:
*Address1:
  Address2:
(Please Note: For US locations, you only need to provide Address1 and Zip Code; City and State will be filled in by system automatically.)
*Zip or Postal Code:
*City:
*State/Province:

Please make sure you have filled in all yellow, required (*) fields before continuing.

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