Gaah!! I'm freaking out!! (TPS report related)

Ok, so maybe I'm not really freaking out, but it sucks to spend the last week of my bird surveys in the office writing the end-of-season report while my crew goes out in the field and finishes up the surveys.
It especially sucks when your boss last year didn't write one so I get to write his :mad: AND mine, and it really super sucks when the numbers don't quite add up :mad: :mad: :mad: :eek: :eek: :mad: :nonono2: :nonono2: :confused: and I have to to through about 7500 lines in Excel to see where the mismatches are.

Actually, I guess three or four days of report writing isn't so bad considering it's the only paperwork I have to do all summer. :)

The songs running through my head include:
(tune courtesy of Wyclef Jean):

"how many MAMU's can we count on a survey? many many, a many many many many"

(tune courtesy of Bad English)
"Sometimes I'm on a survey, I see a COMU, I see a RHAU in flight/ but then I see a MAMU, and everything's alright... everythings aaaaalllriiiiiiight
when I see a bird, I get the temp and depth, whoooaaa I get the distance right off the line/ when I see a bird, I note the plumage class, whoooaaaa and I'm sure to record the time.
when I see a bird, bird at seeeaaaaa...."

Maybe I should take a break or something.

I remember doing a sample bird survey for summer school in college. I wasn't very good because I had a hard time distinguishing different bird calls. Walking the line however did remind me of a vegetation sampling methods.

It doesn't matter what you write as long as you use the right cover sheet.

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Originally Posted by YetiMan

It doesn't matter what you write as long as you use the right cover sheet.

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yeah, and what's a handful of threatened seabirds not adding up out of an entire season, anyways? 170=174 and 3760=3948, right?

Sounds like an interesting job... I've done the vegetation survey stuff but not birdies.. who do you work for?

I work for the United States Forest Circus. Seems these little marbled murrelets took a liking to nesting in old growth forest, which puts them in the way of chainsaws. It's my job to count them on the water because it's impossible to count them in the trees.

So I guess my free cruise fell through? Not to worry, I'm using my fire money to buy a boat this year. I'll regret it, like I always do when I start throwing my money into a hole in the water, but a man is just naked without a boat.

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Originally Posted by grrrr

So I guess my free cruise fell through? Not to worry, I'm using my fire money to buy a boat this year. I'll regret it, like I always do when I start throwing my money into a hole in the water, but a man is just naked without a boat.

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I'll be back....

What are you gonna get?

EDIT: nm, google knows all :)