Ethogram Worksheet

Partner A:                                                

Partner B:                                                

The purpose of this section is to list as many behaviours as you can in a six minute time period for five different animals. You will be asked to look at either archived video or live videostreaming of animals.

Research Question: What different behaviours does the sea lion or sea gull do during its stay at Race Rocks?

Part A: Listing the Behaviours

• Choose an animal (a gull or a sea lion).
• Watch it for five minutes and list every single behaviour you observe.
• Change to another gull or sea lion.
• After you have finished observing 5 animals for 30 minutes, organise the behaviours into categories.
• Then, in the right hand column, give each behaviour a code.
• The list will be used for your time budget.
• See example for more help

Part B: Recording 'Other' Information about the Animals

Identify any other details about each animal that you observed. Add these details to your report. See example  for more help.

We observed: