Detections of breeding birds in the Sheeprock and East Tintic Mountains, Utah

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\Data\eastern_GreatBasin_bird_data.csv is a comma-delimited ASCII text file containing bird detection data. Each row is a detection of an individual bird. These data contain the following variables:

Column A (OBSERVER) = initials of the person who detected the bird (names available from the point of contact - see point of contact section).

Column B (RANGE) = mountain range in which or closest to which the point was located (Sheeprock or East Tintic).

Column C (CANYON OR AREA) = canyon or area (referenced by road names) in which the point was located. Canyon names generally are consistent with those displayed on current USDA Forest Service maps.

Column D (YEAR) = year of the detection (2016 or 2017).

Column E (DATE) = date of the detection (dd-Mon-yyyy, where dd=day, Mon=name of month and yyyy=year).

Column F (POINT) = point of contact's shorthand reference for the fixed location of the point. This simply is a reference code for the researcher.

Column G (UTMX) = Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) x (or easting) coordinates (NAD83 zone 12).

Column H (UTMY) = Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) y (or northing) coordinates (NAD83 zone 12).

Column I (VISIT) = within a given year, sampling round (of 3 rounds) associated with the detection.

Column J (TIME) = start time of sampling for the point on that date (hh:mm, where hh=hour and mm=minutes). This field has a dot (.) if observers did not record the time.

Column K (WIND) = wind speed in meters per second at the start of the point count. This field has a dot (.) if observers did not record the wind speed.

Column L (TEMPERATURE) = air temperature in degrees Celsius at the start of the point count. This field has a dot (.) if observers did not record the temperature.

Column M (SPECIES CODE) = four-letter species code from Four-letter (English Name) and Six-letter (Scientific Name) Alpha Codes for 2143 Bird Species (and 104 Non-Species Taxa) in accordance with the 59th AOU Supplement (Chesser et al. 2018a) (http://www.birdpop.org/docs/misc/Alpha_codes_tax.pdf, accessed December 2018).

Column N (ENGLISH NAME) = English name of species from Checklist of North American and Middle American Birds, 7th edition and its
supplements (Chesser et al. 2018b).

Column O (SCIENTIFIC NAME) = scientific name of species from Checklist of North American and Middle American Birds, 7th edition and its supplements (Chesser et al. 2018b).

Column P (DETECT > 5-8) = whether the bird was detected > 5-8 minutes after the count started (1=yes, 0=no).

Column Q (FLEW IN) = whether the bird flew into the point during the count (1=yes, 0=no).

Column R (METHOD) = indicates how the bird was detected (S = by sight, V = by vocalization). Multiple letters (e.g., SV or VS) indicate the bird was detected by more than one method; the order could imply which type of detection occurred first or it could mean simultaneous detection by multiple methods. This field has a dot (.) if observers did not record the method.

Column S (DISTANCE) = distance from the point center (observer) (in meters [m]) at which the bird was detected. Observers aimed to estimate distance as a continuous value from 0-100 m. However, in some cases, distances were recorded in the following bins: 0-10 m, > 10-25 m, > 25-50 m, > 50-75 m, > 75-100 m. Therefore, values of 10 may indicate that the bird was observed 0-10 m from the point center; values of 25 may indicate that the bird was observed > 10-25 m from the point center; values of 50 may indicate that the bird was observed > 25-50 m from the point center; values of 75 may indicate that the bird was observed > 50-75 m from the point center; and values of 100 may indicate that the bird was observed > 75-100 m from the point center.

Column T (NOTES) = any observations of sex, reproductive status, behavior, or location recorded in the field. This field is blank if no observations were recorded. (In these notes, m = meters.)

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Chesser, R. Terry; Burns, Kevin J.; Cicero, Carla; Dunn, Jon L.; Kratter, Andrew W.; Lovette, Irby J.; Rasmussen, Pamela C.; Remsen, J. V. Jr.; Stotz, Douglas F.; Winger, Benjamin M.; Winker, Kevin. 2018a. Fifty-ninth supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s Check-list of North American Birds. Auk 135(3): 798-813. https://doi.org/10.1642/AUK-18-62.1

Chesser, R. Terry; Burns, Kevin J.; Cicero, Carla; Dunn, Jon L.; Kratter, Andrew W.; Lovette, Irby J.; Rasmussen, Pamela C.; Remsen, J. V. Jr.; Stotz, Douglas F.; Winger, Benjamin M.; Winker, Kevin. 2018b. Check-list of North American Birds (online). American Ornithological Society. http://checklist.aou.org/taxa

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Metadata_Date: 20190523

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Contact_Person: Erica Fleishman

Contact_Organization: Colorado State University

Contact_Position: Professor

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Address: Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology

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Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

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