Positive Detection Breeding Bird Survey Route Stops - USGS [ds2800]

To create this dataset, a few of the datasets available online were combined. The "50 stop" data and the "species list" were used and joined with a shapefile of approximate stop locations generated by CDFW staff. Negative detections were recorded, but removed from this dataset due to size constraints. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Each year during the height of the avian breeding season, June for most of the U.S. and Canada, participants skilled in avian identification collect bird population data along roadside survey routes. Each survey route is approximately 24.5 miles long with stops situated ideally 0.5 mile apart. At each stop, a 3 minute point count is conducted. During the count, every bird seen within a 0.25 mile radius or heard is recorded. Surveys start one-half hour before local sunrise and take about 5 hours to complete. Over 4100 survey routes are located across the continental U.S. and Canada.

Data and Resources

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notes To create this dataset, a few of the datasets available online were combined. The "50 stop" data and the "species list" were used and joined with a shapefile of approximate stop locations generated by CDFW staff. Negative detections were recorded, but removed from this dataset due to size constraints. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Each year during the height of the avian breeding season, June for most of the U.S. and Canada, participants skilled in avian identification collect bird population data along roadside survey routes. Each survey route is approximately 24.5 miles long with stops situated ideally 0.5 mile apart. At each stop, a 3 minute point count is conducted. During the count, every bird seen within a 0.25 mile radius or heard is recorded. Surveys start one-half hour before local sunrise and take about 5 hours to complete. Over 4100 survey routes are located across the continental U.S. and Canada.
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title Positive Detection Breeding Bird Survey Route Stops - USGS [ds2800]