Science by citizens, not just citizen science.
Puget Sound Seabird Survey (PSSS) is a citizen-science survey organized by Seattle Audubon that empowers volunteer birdwatchers to gather valuable data on wintering seabird populations in Puget Sound. Together, our team creates a snapshot of seabird density on more than three square miles of nearshore saltwater habitat. It is the only land-based, multi-month survey in central or south Puget Sound.
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What is the Puget Sound Seabird Survey?
- Citizen science - birdwatchers gathering scientifically-valuable data using a protocol designed by leading seabird researchers
- Sixty-five survey sites in King, Pierce, Thurston, Shohomish, Island and Jefferson counties
- Monthly winter surveys - October through April - synchronized to take place within a four hour window on the first Saturday of the month.
- 15-30 mins per survey
- Counting ducks, geese, loons, grebes, cormorants, gulls and alcids
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Toolkit
About PSSS
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Survey Sites
Data Analysis
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Birds of PSSS
Contact Us
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Summary from 2009-2010 survey season:
From October 2009 through April 2010, 427 surveys were conducted at 68 survey sites - in six counties - with density data collected on 51 species of near-shore birds. This represents 160 hours of survey time and 297 volunteer hours, not including the time volunteers spent getting to and from the survey site(s).
READ THE FULL SUMMARY
Species list:
Brant
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Brandt's Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bonaparte's Gull
Heermann's Gull
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Murre
Pigeon Guillemot
Marbled Murrelet
Ancient Murrelet
Rhinoceros Auklet
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PSSS volunteers © Adam Sedgley
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