HTL-RO-ST-MAR-Birds.csv

PIE LTER bird observations associated with marsh sites used in space for time sea level rise study, Rowley, MA.

Variables
Year
  • Label: Year
  • Definition: Year of sampling
  • Type: Date/time
  • Date format: YYYY
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
Day
  • Label: Day
  • Definition: Day of sampling
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: number
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
Month
  • Label: Month of sampling
  • Definition: Month
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: number
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
Site
  • Label: Site
  • Definition: Site name
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Tide
  • Label: Tide
  • Definition: Whether the tide was high or low
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Time
  • Label: Time
  • Definition: Time of observation
  • Type: Date/time
  • Date format: hh:mm:ss
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
Species
  • Label: Species
  • Definition: Species code of bird observed
  • Type: Code list
  • Codes:
    • REDHAWK = Buteo jamaicensis (Redtail Hawk)
    • CHICK = Poecile sp. (Chickadee)
    • MARTIN = Progne subis (Purple Martin)
    • Ylegs = Tringa flavipes (Lesser yellowlegs)
    • HARRIER = Circus hudsonius (Harrier)
    • OYS = Haematopus palliatus (American oystercatcher)
    • BBPLOV = Pluvialis squatarola (Black-bellied Plover)
    • OSP = Pandion haliaetus (Osprey)
    • LSPIP = Calidris minutilla (Least sandpiper)
    • LGULL = Larus fuscus (Lesser Black-backed Gull)
    • VESAN = Calidris alba (Sanderling)
    • HEG = Larus smithsonianus (Herring gull)
    • TSWAL = Tachycineta bicolor (Tree swallow)
    • GOLD = Spinus tristis (American goldfinch)
    • BBG = Larus marinus (Black backed gull)
    • BSWAL = Hirundo rustica (Barn swallow)
    • CROW = Corvus brachyrhynchos (American crow)
    • KING = Megaceryle alcyon (Kingfisher)
    • MOCK = Mimus polyglottos (Mockingbird)
    • SPPLOV = Charadrius semipalmatus (Semipalmated plover)
    • GEGR = Ardea alba (Great egret)
    • RUDD = Oxyura jamaicensis (Ruddy turnbill)
    • GBBG = Larus marinus (Black backed gull)
    • EGR = Egretta thula (Snowy egret)
    • PPLOV = Charadrius melodus (Piping plover)
    • CORM = Phalacrocorax auritus (Double crested cormorant)
    • TOWHEE = Pipilo sp. (Towhee)
    • WILLET = Tringa semipalmata (Willet)
    • NHER = Nycticorax nycticorax (Black-crowned night heron)
    • RWB = Agelaius phoeniceus (Redwinged blackbird)
    • SLING = Calidris alba (Sanderling)
    • SMSPAR = Ammodramus caudacutus (Saltmarsh sparrow)
    • CAT = Dumetella carolinensis (Catbird)
    • BHER = Ardea herodias (Great blue heron)
    • MAL = Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard)
    • LTERN = Sternula antillarum (Least tern)
    • WHIM = Numenius phaeopus (Whimbrel)
    • DOW = Limnodromus sp. (Dowitcher)
    • CEWA = Bombycilla cedrorum (Cedar waxwing)
    • DUCK = Ana rubripes (Black duck)
    • ROB = Turdus migratorius (Robin)
    • VULT = Cathartes aura (Vulture)
    • GOOS = Branta canadensis (Canada goose)
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
Count
  • Label: Count
  • Definition: Number of individuals observed
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: number
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = not available
Where
  • Label: Where
  • Definition: Where in the marsh the bird(s) were observed
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Activity
  • Label: Activity
  • Definition: What activity was the bird(s) engaged in?
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Data Source Details

Header lines: 

1

Orientation: 

Column

Field delimiter: 

,

Record delimiter: 

\r\n

Number of records: 

873