bbsBayes (version 2.5.3)

bird_sample: Sample point count data per species (Pacific Wren only)

Description

A sample dataset containing 10-stop counts of each bird species seen per route per year. NOTE: This only contains data for Pacific Wren, not the full data set. The full count set is obtained via the function fetch_bbs_data. The data is obtained from the United States Geological Survey and is subject to change as new data is added each year. See Details for citation.

Usage

bird_sample

Format

A data frame with 20 rows and 15 variables:

statenum

Numerical representation of state or province

Route

Numerican representation of the route the species was observed

countrynum

Numerical representation of the country

RouteDataID

Unique code for each year a route was run

RPID

Run Protocol ID

Year

Year the species was observed on the route

AOU

Numerical representation of the species, designated by American Ornithological Union

Count10

Counts for stops 1-10

Count20

Counts for stops 11-20

Count30

Counts for stops 21-30

Count40

Counts for stops 31-40

Count50

Counts for stops 41-50

StopTotal

Count for all stops

SpeciesTotal

Total count for the species on the route run

BCR

Bird Conservation Region the route was run in

Details

Pardieck, K.L., D.J. Ziolkowski Jr., M. Lutmerding, V. Aponte and M-A.R. Hudson. 2019. North American Breeding Bird Survey Dataset 1966 - 2018, version 2018.0. U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. https://doi.org/10.5066/P9HE8XYJ.