1. Puget Sound Seabird Survey and Early On-Scene Oil Reconnaissance
Shawn Cantrell Executive Director Seattle Audubon Jerry Joyce Consulting Biologist Moon Joyce Resources

2. A citizen-science, land-based survey
Based on a rigorous protocol (Distance Sampling Point Transects)
Collects data for analysis of seabird density, distribution, and abundance with trends over time
Analysis can also provide information on habitat use and effects of habitat change

3. Current PSSS Survey Started in 2007 Survey monthly Oct.-April
50-70 sites in central & south Puget Sound
All sites surveyed nearly simultaneously
Coordinated by Seattle Audubon

4. Bird Survey Data Recording

5. Seabird Data Access

6. Annual Site Total by Species by Month

7. Area of 2013 Expansion

8. 2013 Expansion Approximately 15 new sites on Strait and Whidbey Island
Starts May 2013 and conducted year round
Includes oil-spill detection and classification
Observers trained in seabird identification, survey procedures, and online data entry
Additional training includes oil identification, classification, and reporting

9. Oil-Spill Verification
Agency receives reports
Contact local observer
Observes reported area
Reports to Agency contact

10. PSSS Response to Oil Spill
PSSS coordinator notified
All observers in region notified
Active sites determined
Observers dispatched
Conduct bird and oil surveys
Oil observations sent to PSSS coordinator
Seabird data entered online
PSSS coordinator compiles data
Data available on web
Compiled data passed to Agency

11. Oil Observations
Adapts ASTM F Standards (Standard Practice for Reporting Visual Observations of Oil on Water) for land-based observations on a customized form
Allows supplemental descriptions based on NOAA Open Water Oil Identification Job Aid for Aerial Observation and Shoreline Assessment Job Aid
Location data can be Lat & Long and/or physical descriptions

12. Funding for 2013 expansion and oil observations:
EPA through Local Implementing Organizations:
WA DFW
WA DNR
WA ECY
Funding for current surveys:
Seattle Audubon
Boeing