How To Document Rare Birds

When you are ready to submit a report for a rare bird you found, please go to our Rare Bird Submission Form.

It is understandable that documenting a sighting might be a little intimidating and you may not necessarily know how best to describe your encounter. To hopefully help with that process, please read the excellent article below "How To Document Rare Birds" by Donna Dittman and Greg Lasley. This article was originally published in Birding magazine in 1992 but the process is much the same today as it was then.