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Observer’s Details 

Name: ___________________

 __________________________

Contact Details _______

 _____________________

 _____________________

 _____________________

 _____________________

 _____________________

 _____________________

 _____________________

Date: ________________

HOW TO RECORD OBSERVATIONS IN THIS JOURNAL 

Each journal should be used to record observations for one breeding incidence.

Record details of the location. Give latitude and longitude if you know them. Use the spaceprovided to make a sketch of the site.

Describe the land use in the area surrounding the breeding area. Use categories like

“urban”, “parkland”, “bushland” and add any explanatory qualifiers such as “dense”,

“scattered”, etc. 

Describe the site. This is the place to include details about ground cover, trees, shrubs,

structures.

There is no set observation period or minimum number of observations.

For each observation, record the date, time or time range and the weather.

Which part of the breeding cycle was the observation made in? Tick the appropriate box.

What behaviors were observed? Mark as many boxes as you need, and add additional

categories if necessary. Give more details of the observations in the “Observation Notes”

section.

If your notes are more extensive, write them out on loose sheets and tuck them into the

book. Make sure any additional notes have the date and site at the top of each page.

Remember that this journal is a guide, not a straightjacket.. As long as I can follow them, I

am interested in an observations you would like to contribute.

Need some help? Contact:

Scott O’Keeffe 

07 3389 5716

m.s.okeeffe@optusnet.com.au

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LOCATION Street Address ________________________________________

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Suburb __________________Postcode ____________________

Latitude _________________Longitude ____________________

Use the space to the right to draw a mud-map

LAND USE 

 ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________

 ____________________________________________________________________

 ____________________________________________________________________

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SITE DESCRIPTION  ____________________________________________________________________

 ____________________________________________________________________

 ____________________________________________________________________

 ____________________________________________________________________

 ___________________________________________ 

Maps or Sketches of the Site

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Date  Time Weather 

Which part of the breeding cycle are these observations for? (Mark one) 

Pre-nesting observations  Nesting & incubating  Rearing young  Post-breeding 

TYPES OF BEHAVIOR 

D

ISPLAYING

  D

ISTURBANCE

STRESS 

I

NTERACTIONS

  F

EEDING

  O

THER

BEHAVIOUR 

 Call: wail 

 

Bird disappears 

 

Between pair adults 

 

 Adults feeding 

 Incubating 

 Call: growl    Attempted predation   Between chicks   Chicks feeding   Roosting 

 Courtship   Successful predation   Between juveniles   Juveniles feeding   Flight 

 Defence/distraction   Death other than predation   Between family & other curlews   Birds use supplied food   Flocking 

  Aggression   Birds disturbed   Between family & other species   Birds use supplied H2O   Single eye closed 

 Eggs abandoned   Between curlews & people   Slow blinking 

 Preening 

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Observations:

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Date  Time Weather 

Which part of the breeding cycle are these observations for? (Mark one) 

Pre-nesting observations  Nesting & incubating  Rearing young  Post-breeding 

TYPES OF BEHAVIOR 

D

ISPLAYING

  D

ISTURBANCE

STRESS 

I

NTERACTIONS

  F

EEDING

  O

THER

BEHAVIOUR 

 Call: wail 

 

Bird disappears 

 

Between pair adults 

 

 Adults feeding 

 Incubating 

 Call: growl    Attempted predation   Between chicks   Chicks feeding   Roosting 

 Courtship   Successful predation   Between juveniles   Juveniles feeding   Flight 

 Defence/distraction   Death other than predation   Between family & other curlews   Birds use supplied food   Flocking 

  Aggression   Birds disturbed   Between family & other species   Birds use supplied H2O   Single eye closed 

 Eggs abandoned   Between curlews & people   Slow blinking 

 Preening 

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Observations:

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Date  Time Weather 

Which part of the breeding cycle are these observations for? (Mark one) 

Pre-nesting observations  Nesting & incubating  Rearing young  Post-breeding 

TYPES OF BEHAVIOR 

D

ISPLAYING

  D

ISTURBANCE

STRESS 

I

NTERACTIONS

  F

EEDING

  O

THER

BEHAVIOUR 

 Call: wail 

 

Bird disappears 

 

Between pair adults 

 

 Adults feeding 

 Incubating 

 Call: growl    Attempted predation   Between chicks   Chicks feeding   Roosting 

 Courtship   Successful predation   Between juveniles   Juveniles feeding   Flight 

 Defence/distraction   Death other than predation   Between family & other curlews   Birds use supplied food   Flocking 

  Aggression   Birds disturbed   Between family & other species   Birds use supplied H2O   Single eye closed 

 Eggs abandoned   Between curlews & people   Slow blinking 

 Preening 

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Observations:

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Date  Time Weather 

Which part of the breeding cycle are these observations for? (Mark one) 

Pre-nesting observations  Nesting & incubating  Rearing young  Post-breeding 

TYPES OF BEHAVIOR 

D

ISPLAYING

  D

ISTURBANCE

STRESS 

I

NTERACTIONS

  F

EEDING

  O

THER

BEHAVIOUR 

 Call: wail 

 

Bird disappears 

 

Between pair adults 

 

 Adults feeding 

 Incubating 

 Call: growl    Attempted predation   Between chicks   Chicks feeding   Roosting 

 Courtship   Successful predation   Between juveniles   Juveniles feeding   Flight 

 Defence/distraction   Death other than predation   Between family & other curlews   Birds use supplied food   Flocking 

  Aggression   Birds disturbed   Between family & other species   Birds use supplied H2O   Single eye closed 

 Eggs abandoned   Between curlews & people   Slow blinking 

 Preening 

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Observations:

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Date  Time Weather 

Which part of the breeding cycle are these observations for? (Mark one) 

Pre-nesting observations  Nesting & incubating  Rearing young  Post-breeding 

TYPES OF BEHAVIOR 

D

ISPLAYING

  D

ISTURBANCE

STRESS 

I

NTERACTIONS

  F

EEDING

  O

THER

BEHAVIOUR 

 Call: wail 

 

Bird disappears 

 

Between pair adults 

 

 Adults feeding 

 Incubating 

 Call: growl    Attempted predation   Between chicks   Chicks feeding   Roosting 

 Courtship   Successful predation   Between juveniles   Juveniles feeding   Flight 

 Defence/distraction   Death other than predation   Between family & other curlews   Birds use supplied food   Flocking 

  Aggression   Birds disturbed   Between family & other species   Birds use supplied H2O   Single eye closed 

 Eggs abandoned   Between curlews & people   Slow blinking 

 Preening 

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Observations:

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Date  Time Weather 

Which part of the breeding cycle are these observations for? (Mark one) 

Pre-nesting observations  Nesting & incubating  Rearing young  Post-breeding 

TYPES OF BEHAVIOR 

D

ISPLAYING

  D

ISTURBANCE

STRESS 

I

NTERACTIONS

  F

EEDING

  O

THER

BEHAVIOUR 

 Call: wail 

 

Bird disappears 

 

Between pair adults 

 

 Adults feeding 

 Incubating 

 Call: growl    Attempted predation   Between chicks   Chicks feeding   Roosting 

 Courtship   Successful predation   Between juveniles   Juveniles feeding   Flight 

 Defence/distraction   Death other than predation   Between family & other curlews   Birds use supplied food   Flocking 

  Aggression   Birds disturbed   Between family & other species   Birds use supplied H2O   Single eye closed 

 Eggs abandoned   Between curlews & people   Slow blinking 

 Preening 

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Observations:

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Date  Time Weather 

Which part of the breeding cycle are these observations for? (Mark one) 

Pre-nesting observations  Nesting & incubating  Rearing young  Post-breeding 

TYPES OF BEHAVIOR 

D

ISPLAYING

  D

ISTURBANCE

STRESS 

I

NTERACTIONS

  F

EEDING

  O

THER

BEHAVIOUR 

 Call: wail 

 

Bird disappears 

 

Between pair adults 

 

 Adults feeding 

 Incubating 

 Call: growl    Attempted predation   Between chicks   Chicks feeding   Roosting 

 Courtship   Successful predation   Between juveniles   Juveniles feeding   Flight 

 Defence/distraction   Death other than predation   Between family & other curlews   Birds use supplied food   Flocking 

  Aggression   Birds disturbed   Between family & other species   Birds use supplied H2O   Single eye closed 

 Eggs abandoned   Between curlews & people   Slow blinking 

 Preening 

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Observations:

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Date  Time Weather 

Which part of the breeding cycle are these observations for? (Mark one) 

Pre-nesting observations  Nesting & incubating  Rearing young  Post-breeding 

TYPES OF BEHAVIOR 

D

ISPLAYING

  D

ISTURBANCE

STRESS 

I

NTERACTIONS

  F

EEDING

  O

THER

BEHAVIOUR 

 Call: wail 

 

Bird disappears 

 

Between pair adults 

 

 Adults feeding 

 Incubating 

 Call: growl    Attempted predation   Between chicks   Chicks feeding   Roosting 

 Courtship   Successful predation   Between juveniles   Juveniles feeding   Flight 

 Defence/distraction   Death other than predation   Between family & other curlews   Birds use supplied food   Flocking 

  Aggression   Birds disturbed   Between family & other species   Birds use supplied H2O   Single eye closed 

 Eggs abandoned   Between curlews & people   Slow blinking 

 Preening 

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Observations:

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Date  Time Weather 

Which part of the breeding cycle are these observations for? (Mark one) 

Pre-nesting observations  Nesting & incubating  Rearing young  Post-breeding 

TYPES OF BEHAVIOR 

D

ISPLAYING

  D

ISTURBANCE

STRESS 

I

NTERACTIONS

  F

EEDING

  O

THER

BEHAVIOUR 

 Call: wail 

 

Bird disappears 

 

Between pair adults 

 

 Adults feeding 

 Incubating 

 Call: growl    Attempted predation   Between chicks   Chicks feeding   Roosting 

 Courtship   Successful predation   Between juveniles   Juveniles feeding   Flight 

 Defence/distraction   Death other than predation   Between family & other curlews   Birds use supplied food   Flocking 

  Aggression   Birds disturbed   Between family & other species   Birds use supplied H2O   Single eye closed 

 Eggs abandoned   Between curlews & people   Slow blinking 

 Preening 

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Observations:

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Date  Time Weather 

Which part of the breeding cycle are these observations for? (Mark one) 

Pre-nesting observations  Nesting & incubating  Rearing young  Post-breeding 

TYPES OF BEHAVIOR 

D

ISPLAYING

  D

ISTURBANCE

S

TRESS

 

I

NTERACTIONS

  F

EEDING

  O

THER

B

EHAVIOUR

 

 Call: wail 

 

Bird disappears 

 

Between pair adults 

 

 Adults feeding 

 Incubating 

 Call: growl    Attempted predation   Between chicks   Chicks feeding   Roosting 

 Courtship   Successful predation   Between juveniles   Juveniles feeding   Flight 

 Defence/distraction   Death other than predation   Between family & other curlews   Birds use supplied food   Flocking 

  Aggression   Birds disturbed   Between family & other species   Birds use supplied H2O   Single eye closed 

 Eggs abandoned   Between curlews & people   Slow blinking 

 Preening 

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ContactScott O’Keeffe 

Environmental Futures Research Institute

Griffith University, Nathan

michael.okeeffe5@griffithuni.edu.au

Curlew.tracker@optusnet.com.au

07 33895716

0457 328 442

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