If you cannot identify it, please describe it as accurately as possible. Include AM or PM or use military time. Please include your name, affiliation, address , and phone number so we can contact you if we need further information, a copy of the photograph, etc. Describe the animal as accurately as you can so we can confirm your identification or so we can identify it from your description. See the references below for more information on identifying characteristics.
Behavioral descriptions are useful in identifying animals and are inherently interesting.
Be as accurate as possible. Try to describe the site so that someone else could relocate it from your directions. Accurate locality information can greatly enhance the value of your observation. Include such information as the air temperature, water temperature, wind conditions, cloud cover, precipitation, etc. Useful References Baxter, G.T. and M.D. Stone. 1985.