Use the FeederWatch app or a Tally Sheet
During each two-day count, you should keep a tally of the birds and mammals that visit your site. You can keep track by using the FeederWatch mobile app*, or you can keep track by using a paper Tally Sheet.
Please do not try to keep a live tally through the My Counts section of the FeederWatch website. Those data entry screens are designed for entering counts tallied on paper and will not save counts properly if you leave the page before clicking the Finish Count button. If you want to tally counts online, please use our mobile app.
To keep track of your counts on paper, use the links below to download one of our Tally Sheets. You can open the plain text version in a word processing document and type in the species that usually visit your yard before printing. Or you can print a PDF version and write in your most common species before photocopying it.