More on the Banding Locations Box

• Additional banding locations may be entered in the "Remarks" section of the schedule. If banding was done at SEVERAL SITES IN THE SAME 10-MINUTE BLOCK, REPORT ALL SITES AS ONE BANDING LOCATION. In other words, there should be ONLY ONE BANDING LOCATION WITHIN A 10-MINUTE BLOCK. Example: If banding is done at 6 different sites within Ellicott City, Maryland, IN THE SAME 10-MINUTE BLOCK, report all 6 sites as one banding location - near "Ellicott City, Howard Co., Md.". Be careful when grouping data from adjacent banding sites, because latitude and longitude lines frequently divide towns, refuges, lakes, etc., into two or more 10-minute degree blocks.
• For EACH NEW BANDING LOCATION reported on a schedule, provide the appropriate Bird Banding Office with one copy of a road map showing banding sites. This helps us to determine or verify banding coordinates. Banders name and permit number should be written on each map submitted. Please indicate all new banding locations with an asterisk (*) in the location description.
• A gazetteer file has been constructed by assigning the name of a town or a prominent geographical feature to each 10-minute block. This file is corrected and updated as necessary. These gazetteer names can be modified. If the name assigned to the 10-minute block is unsatisfactory, the bander should notify the Bird Banding Office. The bander should include the coordinates of the block, the name presently assigned to that block and the name that should be assigned to that block, giving reasons why.

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