Keep a field notebook Field notebook
Write dated observations, such as a bird count, a stream reading or a night-sky log, and link each to the public record where one exists. Tillyard dates every entry.
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- In detail
- Dated observations (a bird count, a stream reading, a night-sky log), each linked to the public record where one exists
- What you leave with
- A dated notebook
- Who confirms it
- Tillyard dated each entry on the day it was written and locked it after 24 hours. What the entries say is your own account.
- What goes on your résumé
- Projects: Kept a dated field notebook over 10 weeks: 26 entries on 22 days, 19 linked to public iNaturalist records
An example. Yours will say what you did. - When it is recorded
- Once it has 8 entries, 4 weeks, you can close it and put one line on your Record. The line starts as visible to you alone.
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Before you start
You own what you make here. If you made it for a class, a lab or an employer, someone else may have a claim on it, so leave it out. You do this unpaid and by choice, and you do not work for Tillyard. You are keeping a record of something you chose to do.