For example, are Northern Gannets up or down, compared to last year, or vs 2000?
Red dots are Gannet reports in the last 30 days (this map is as of now, March 27, 2018).
Click on map to enlarge, and then press ESC key to return...
THANK YOU!! We will do daily updates here...
As of March 29th 2pm, we have already received more than 100 field trip reports (including 95 eBird reports, with105 species), almost all via eBird. This is already more than 80% of the total inputs we expect to receive. See the image snapshots below, from eBird. Thank you very much. We will provide daily and then weekly feedback here, as the data rolls in, over the next several days, and longer.
All eBird reports which you Share with "LIS seawatch" will be displayed on the eBird website. You can view the incoming checklists which have been "accepted" into this "LIS seawatch" account this way:
You can open our new eBird Profile page, which is dedicated to this "LIS seawatch" account...
LIS seawatch - eBird account for LIS Super Seawatch << new Profile page for our project.
Then scroll way down to the lower right side of the Profile page, and click on VIEW ALL...
This will display a list of all eBird reports which have been Shared and Accepted into this account.
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Here is the one-week interim report, for eBird trip reports only:
The most abundant bird species reported was Ring-billed Gull, with 18,103 individuals reported on 82 checklists (trip reports)...
And here are the least numerous bird species, including one Barrow's Goldeneye, reported on one checklist...
You can see the full downloaded eBird file here:
eBirdData LISseawatch 20180330.csv - Google Sheets
Note that records do not indicate the name or the eBird account (the birder who input to eBird), which is why it is useful for birders to add their names into the eBird trip Comments.
Note that the Red-necked Grebe was seen at the Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary in Westchester NY (G.Benson and T.Burke), the Harlequin Duck was seen at Orient Point, NY (J.Sepenoski), and the Barrow's Goldeneye was at East Wharf Beach in New Haven CT (H.Sternberg). Regarding Northern Gannet, we had 86 on 30 different trip reports.
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Please make sure to write your name somewhere in the Comments of each trip checklist, so we will have your name when we do our mass download from the eBird central database in several weeks.
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We received our first trip report today, March 24th, 2018!
Thank you Jim Bair!
Thank you for partnering with us.
From the LIS Super Seawatch Team
And everyone, if you do use eBird...
- please SHARE your trip report/checklist with "LIS seawatch",
- AND write your Name in the comments somewhere, since eBird does not always send us your name when we extract a dataset from their central database.
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EBIRD CHECKLISTS RECEIVED AS OF MARCH 29TH 2PM:
Here is our evolving "LIS seawatch" account on eBird, which you can view live on eBird, if you follow the instructions above (if you want to look into any trip, to see its birds). Click on these images, to enlarge them for readability if you want... then press ESC key to return...
Note that some observers submitted multiple trip reports. Others were able to report on their agreed location with just one report. Either approach is fine, depending upon their particular topographic situation along the coast. Thanks to everyone.
After we receive all the eBird reports, in probably another week or two, we will download an extract from the eBird central database, then add in the non-eBird reports, and analyze all the birds seen. It will all be reported here, at this website.
After we receive all the eBird reports, in probably another week or two, we will download an extract from the eBird central database, then add in the non-eBird reports, and analyze all the birds seen. It will all be reported here, at this website.
