Avian Knowledge Network

Here we introduce the "eBird Reference Dataset (Version 1.0)". The PDF below describes the eBird reference data set and the processing steps taken during creation. We hope this data will be a useful resource for studying avian dynamics and for developing new ecological modeling techniques. This dataset contains count data for bird species observed by novice and experienced bird observers (a.k.a. birders). The data were submitted by volunteers to eBird, a citizen-science project run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society. Each record in this dataset is a part of a checklist that a birder uses to mark the number of birds of each species detected; one checklist is submitted per sampling event (i.e., birding session). Each checklist submitted from the 48 states in the contiguous United States is additionally annotated with hundreds of predictor variables (covariates) that are derived from the location of the sampling event. Read on »

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