Eclipse Field Notes
On this page Field Researcher Citizen Scientists can:
- Find out why a scientist’s field notes are important
- Record their Field Researcher Notes (on eclipse day)
Why are field notes important?
Filling out your field notes below while AT your AudioMoth location will help:
- collect of your observations and other research details
- provide us with the latitude and longitude of where you place the AudioMoth. This will help us link your AudioMoth’s data to your location after we receive your Micro-SD card.
- help other scientists recreate and re-test all of our work some day in the future, which is a very important part of the scientific process!
*If you cannot fill out your Eclipse Field Notes where you place your AudioMoth, please submit them online as close to the AudioMoth location as possible once you have service*
Field Researcher Notes
DIRECTIONS: On the day of the eclipse, make sure you are near your AudioMoth during the maximum phase. The maximum phase is the 3-4 minutes of annularity during an Annular Eclipse or the 3-4 minutes of totality during a total eclipse. After observing everything you hear and the nature around you during the maximum phase, fill out your Field Notes location information and your Field Notes Observations on this page.
Location Data Field Notes
Observation Field Notes
Did you hear a change in the soundscape during the maximum phase of the eclipse? (This is the 3-4 minutes of annularity during an Annular Eclipse or the 3-4 minutes of totality during a total eclipse)
What did you hear during the maximum phase of the eclipse?