Reporting Banded Snowy Plovers

If you do not have GPS coordinates, please try to determine them with an internet-based tool (e.g. Google Earth or GET LAT LON). Otherwise, please write a detailed description with commonly used place names and estimated distances.

Longitude:

Latitude:

Every bird should have an aluminum USFWS band (Fi)- this band very rarely falls off. No bands are bi-colored (2 colors per band) or tri-colored (3 colors per band). Sometimes two bands of the same color are placed over each other on the same leg, and this may look like one very tall band. Bands can fade, discolor and fall off so carefully record the color and whether the band is missing (NO BAND). If there is only one band on the lower leg, than mark the lower leg- top band as missing (NO BAND). If you are not certain about a particular band, please select undetermined. Notes on undetermined bands can be added below.

Additional banded Snowy Plovers (Please fill out a new form for birds found in a different location)

	R upper-leg	-----select----- NO BAND undetermined Pk-pink Gy-grey Y-yellow R-red B-blue G-green W-white K-black O-orange LG-light green LB-light blue Fi-USFWS band	L upper-leg	-----select----- NO BAND undetermined Pk-pink Gy-grey Y-yellow R-red B-blue G-green W-white K-black O-orange LG-light green LB-light blue Fi-USFWS band
	R lower-leg (top band)	-----select----- NO BAND undetermined Pk-pink Gy-grey Y-yellow R-red B-blue G-green W-white K-black O-orange LG-light green LB-light blue Fi-USFWS band	L lower-leg (top band)	-----select----- NO BAND undetermined Pk-pink Gy-grey Y-yellow R-red B-blue G-green W-white K-black O-orange LG-light green LB-light blue Fi-USFWS band
	R lower-leg (bottom band)	-----select----- NO BAND undetermined Pk-pink Gy-grey Y-yellow R-red B-blue G-green W-white K-black O-orange LG-light green LB-light blue Fi-USFWS band	L lower-leg (bottom band)	-----select----- NO BAND undetermined Pk-pink Gy-grey Y-yellow R-red B-blue G-green W-white K-black O-orange LG-light green LB-light blue Fi-USFWS band

	R upper-leg	-----select----- NO BAND undetermined Pk-pink Gy-grey Y-yellow R-red B-blue G-green W-white K-black O-orange LG-light green LB-light blue Fi-USFWS band	L upper-leg	-----select----- NO BAND undetermined Pk-pink Gy-grey Y-yellow R-red B-blue G-green W-white K-black O-orange LG-light green LB-light blue Fi-USFWS band
	R lower-leg (top band)	-----select----- NO BAND undetermined Pk-pink Gy-grey Y-yellow R-red B-blue G-green W-white K-black O-orange LG-light green LB-light blue Fi-USFWS band	L lower-leg (top band)	-----select----- NO BAND undetermined Pk-pink Gy-grey Y-yellow R-red B-blue G-green W-white K-black O-orange LG-light green LB-light blue Fi-USFWS band
	R lower-leg (bottom band)	-----select----- NO BAND undetermined Pk-pink Gy-grey Y-yellow R-red B-blue G-green W-white K-black O-orange LG-light green LB-light blue Fi-USFWS band	L lower-leg (bottom band)	-----select----- NO BAND undetermined Pk-pink Gy-grey Y-yellow R-red B-blue G-green W-white K-black O-orange LG-light green LB-light blue Fi-USFWS band

In addition to information on undetermined bands, please include the following: 1) describe any injuries as carefully and completely as possible; 2) note any breeding activity observed (e.g. broken-wing display, copulation, nest, chicks); 3) note whether the bird is in breeding or non-breeding plumage- learn how; and 4) if possible, the sex of the bird- learn how.