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Submit Your Results

If you registered for the Big Sit! through our online interface, you can LOGIN after the Sit and submit the following information by November 30, 2009:

Submit your 2009 Big Sit
results online!

To submit your results on paper, please include:

  1. Contact person's name (Circle Captain)
  2. Full mailing address
  3. Phone number (and e-mail if applicable)
  4. The Big Sit! location (state, town, habitat)
  5. Names of participants
  6. Optional - Team name
  7. Weather conditions
  8. Time spent at location
  9. Name of the conservation organization that would receive $500 Golden Bird prize if you win
  10. Any notes or anecdotes
  11. Optional - Digital image (lo-res, jpg) of your team at your Big Sit! location
  12. Complete checklist of all the birds you identified

Checklist Information

In your checklist, make sure the species names are the same as those used by the AOU checklist. The AOU checklist can be seen at their website. Make sure that apostrophes, hyphens, and spellings are correct. Also, please list species in taxonomic order. The AOU checklist is a good reference for that as well.

We prefer that you enter your checklist via the online program or by email because it greatly reduces the time to compile the data and produce the final report (it also saves trees!). Your list can be an attached file (document, spreadsheet, etc.) or listed vertically in the body of the e-mail. Hardcopies can be sent via US mail. E-mail your results to bigsit@birdwatchersdigest.com or send the information to Bird Watcher's Digest, P.O. Box 110, Marietta, OH 45750