Teil C - Annex 
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Association: 
Here, any association with one’s own ship or other ships as well as any 
association with other objects on/in the sea should be noted; details are 
given in the corresponding box on the Bird Count Form and on p. 55. The 
general rule is that individuals associated with one’s own ship should al 
ways be recorded as not in transect and thus are not assigned a flight di 
rection. (The exception being, if they only briefly deviate from a previously 
observed flight direction to have a look at one’s own ship and then return 
to their original flight path.) 
Behaviour: 
This category, like “Association” is highly relevant to explain the distribu 
tion and abundance of individual bird species at sea. The behavioural cate 
gories to be distinguished are indicated in the corresponding box on the 
Bird Count Form and on p. 54. Specifics: Dead birds are given the behavi 
our code 99, yet in transect always 1 (e. g. A1). Birds plunging within the 
transect are given a 2 (even when they temporarily fly outside the transect). 
Remarks: 
This column is for additional details not covered by the other columns, for 
instance, when observation conditions change (sea state, visibility).