Geodataset Name:       SHOREBIRDS_APR19
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Point
Feature Count:         80564

DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Varies
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

PUBLICATION DATE:                  20190424
TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT:            Begin Date: 20110000    End Date: 20181030
DOWNLOAD LINK:                     http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: SHOREBIRDS_APR19.DBF

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item	Item Description
OBJECTID	Internal feature number.
Shape	Feature geometry.
RECORDSTAT	RecordStatus - Verification status of the record.
SURVEYYR	Year in which the breeding survey data was collected.
LOCATIONVI	LocationVisitID - 28-digit Unique ID for each survey record, where a location visit is a survey of either a Route, Solitary Nesting Site, Colonia Nesting Site, Roving Chick/Staging Young Location, or Rooftop Nesting Site; A LocationVisitID can have multiple SiteVisitID child records. Each value is comprised of the 16-digit LocationID & "." & 8-digit date (YYYYMMDD) & "." & 2-digit Replicate number (SurveyRep); e.g. S0911.2011.T20110419.01.
LOCATIONID	16-digit Unique ID assigned to each unique survey location in the database (Route, Solitary Nest Site, Colonial Nest Site, Roving Chick / Staging Young Location, or Rooftop Location). Each value is comprised of the 5-digit landowner code (codes are derived from the Mistype and MAID fields found in the Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Florida Managed Areas GIS Layer) & "." & 4-digit year the location was created & "." & 1-digit Location Type code (T = Route, S = Solitary Nest Site, C = Colonial Nest Site, Y = Roving Chick / Staging Young, R = Rooftop Nest Site) & 4-digit sequential count; e.g. S0911.2011.T0001 is the first Route (T0001) established at Egmont Key (S0911) in 2011.
SITEVISITI	SiteVisitID - 28-digit Unique ID for each site visit, where a site visit is a visit so either a Solitary Nesting Site, Colonial Nesting Site, Roving Chick/Staging Young Location, or Rooftop Nesting Site. A SiteVisitID can have multiple SpCountID child records. Each value is comprised of the 16-digit SiteID & '.' & 8-digit year & '.' & 2-digit Replicate number (SiteVisitRep); e.g. S0911.2011.S0001.20110419.01.
SITEID	16-digit Unique ID assigned to each unique Site in the database (Solitary Nest Site, Colonial Nest Site, Roving Chick / Staging Young Location, or Rooftop Location). Each value is comprised of the 5-digit landowner code (codes are derived from the MATYPE and MAID fields found in the Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Florida Managed Areas GIS Layer) & "." & 4-digit year the site was created & "." & 1-digit Site Type code (S = Solitary Nest Site, C = Colonial Nest Site, Y = Roving Chick / Staging Young, R = Rooftop Nest Site) & 4-digit sequential count; e.g. S0911.2011.S0001 is the first Solitary site (S0001) established at Egmont Key (S0911) in 2011.
SPCOUNTID	32-digit Unique ID for each species observed during a site visit. Each value is comprised of the 28-digit SiteVisitID & '.' & 1-digit Site Type code (S = Solitary Nest Site, C = Colonial Nest Site, Y = Roving Chick / Staging Young, R = Rooftop Nest Site) & 2-digit sequential count; e.g. S0911.2011.S0001.20110419.01.S01 is the first solitary species count (S01) recorded on 04/19/2011 at site S0911.2011.S0001 rep 01.
NATALNESTS	NatalNestSiteID - Unique Site ID (colony or solitary SiteID) associated with the Natal Nest site where the Roving Chicks / Staging Young were hatched. If natal site is unknown value will be NULL.
PROTOCOL	Field survey protocol that the data are associated with.
SURVEYTYPE	Type of survey conducted
SURVEYLOCA	SurveyLocation - Unique name assigned to the survey location. All survey location names are prefaced by a 2-digit county code and a dash; e.g. HL - Egmont NW Beach Route.
SURVEYREP	When a route is surveyed more than once during a single day (by one or more surveyors), a unique Survey Replicate number is assigned to each survey.
SITEVISITT	SiteVisitType - Type of site visit conducted (Colony, Solitary, Chicks/Young, Rooftop).
SITELANDOW	SiteLandowner - Name of the property landowner on which the first site falls. Public landowner names are derived from the Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Florida Managed Lands Layer
SITE_FWCRE	Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Region the site is located within.
SITECOUNTY	County the site is located within.
SITENAME	Unique name assigned to the nesting site. All nesting site names are prefaced by a 2-digit county code, a unique number, and a dash (e.g. HL2 - Egmont Key WIPL 1).
SITEVISITR	SiteVisitRep - When a site is visited more than once during a single day (by one or more surveyors), a unique Site Visit Replicate value is assigned to each visit.
RENEST	Undefined by Source
ORIGINALNE	Undefined by Source
SPECIESUM	SpeciesSummary - Summary list of all species observed during the site visit.
VISITDATE	Date on which the site visit occurred.
STARTTIME	Survey start time
ENDTIME	Survey end time. Applies to Route surveys only, if a route survey was not conducted value is null.
DURATION	Undefined by Source
OBSERVERS	List of observers participating in the survey.
ADDITIONAL	AdditionalObsCount - Number of additional observers participating in the survey.
ADDITION_1	AdditionalObsNames - Names of the additional observers participating in the survey.
ROUTECOMPL	RouteComplete - If a route survey was conducted, was the route survey completed? Applies to route surveys only, if a route survey was not conducted value is null. Y = Yes N = No
ROUTENOTES	Notes about the route survey.
ROUTESURVE	Route Survey Transport - Summary list of the modes of transportation used to conduct the route survey; Applies to route surveys only, if a route survey was not conducted value is null.
WALKINGSUR	WalkingSurvey - All or part of the survey was conducted on foot; Applies to route surveys only, if a route survey was not conducted value is null.
ATVSURVEY	All or part of the survey was conducted from an ATV; Applies to route surveys only, if a route survey was not conducted value is null. Y = Yes N = No
CARSURVEY	All or part of the survey was conducted from a Car/Truck; Applies to route surveys only, if a route survey was not conducted value is null. Y = Yes N = No
MOTORBOATS	MotorboatSurvey - All or part of the survey was conducted from a Motorboat; Applies to route surveys only, if a route survey was not conducted value is null.
PERSONALWC	PersonalWCsurvey - All or part of the survey was conducted from a Personal Watercraft; Applies to route surveys only, if a route survey was not conducted value is null. N = No Y = Yes
NONMOTORVE	NonMotorVesselSurvey - All or part of the survey was conducted from a Non-motorized vessel; Applies to route surveys only, if a route survey was not conducted value is null. N = No Y = Yes
OTHERSURVE	OtherSurveyMode - All or part of the survey was conducted from alternate mode of transportation; Applies to route surveys only, if a route survey was not conducted value is null N = No Y = Yes
POSTED	Was the site posted? If yes, how? No = Not Posted Signs = Posted with signs Signs and Rope = Posted with signs & rope
SITEACTIVI	SiteActivityStatus - Activity status of the site? N = No Y = Yes
VANTAGEPOI	Undefined by Source
INACTIVERE	InactiveReason - If SiteActivityStatus = Abandon, what was the reason for the Inactivity?
INACTIVEOT	InactiveOther - Description of other cause of Inactivity (e.g. InactiveReason = Other, InactiveOther = 'gopher tortoise').
IMPACT	If SiteVisitType = Colonial and SiteActivityStatus = Active, was a portion of the colony lost due to impacts? Y = Yes N = No
IMPACTCAUS	ImpactCause - If Impacted = Y, what was the cause of the impact?
IMPACTCA_1	ImpactCauseOther - Description of other causes of impact to colonial sites
DISTURBANC	DisturbanceSummary - Summary list of all the disturbances observed causing birds to flush.
DIST_PEDES	Dist_Pedestrians - Pedestrians observed causing birds to flush. N = No Y = Yes
DIST_HUMAN	Dist_HumanIntrusion - Humans on rooftop observed causing birds to flush. N = No Y = Yes
DIST_DOGSL	Dist_DogsLeashed - Leashed dogs observed causing birds to flush.
DIST_DOGSU	Dist_DogsUnleashed - Unleashed dogs observed causing birds to flush.
DIST_VEHIC	Dist_Vehicles - Vehicles observed causing birds to flush. N = No Y = Yes
DIST_NONPO	Dist_NonPowerWatercraft - NonPower watercraft(s) observed causing birds to flush N = No Y = Yes
DIST_POWER	Dist_PowerWatercraft - Power watercraft(s) observed causing birds to flush. N = No Y = Yes
DIST_GHOST	Dist_GhostCrabs - Ghost crabs observed causing birds to flush. N = No Y = Yes
DIST_AVIAN	Dist_AvianPredator - Avian predator(s) observed causing birds to flush N = No Y = Yes
DIST_AIRC	Dist_Aircraft - Aircraft observed causing birds to flush. N = No Y = Yes
DIST_KITES	Dist_KiteSurfers - Kite Surfer / Landboarder observed causing birds to flush. N = No Y = Yes
DIST_GULLS	Gull(s) causing birds to flush. Applies to rooftop sites only. Y = Yes N = No
DIST_CROWS	Crow(s) causing birds to flush. Applies to rooftop sites only. Y = Yes N = No
DIST_WADIN	Dist_WadingBirds - Wading bird(s) causing birds to flush. Applies to rooftop sites only. N = No Y = Yes
DIST_RAPTO	Dist_Raptor - Raptor(s) causing birds to flush. Applies to rooftop sites only N = No Y = Yes
DIST_UNKNO	Dist_UnknownSource - flushing observed, source of disturbance unknown. N = No Y = Yes
DIST_OTHER	Other source of disturbance observed causing birds to flush.
TRACKSUMMA	TrackSummary - Summary list of all the tracks observed within 30 feet of the site.
DOGTRACKS	Dog/Canid tracks observed within 30 feet of the site. Y = Yes N = No
VEHICLETRA	VehicleTracks - Vehicle tracks observed within 30 feet of the site. N = No Y = Yes
CATTRACKS	Cat tracks observed within 30 feet of the site. Y = Yes N = No
RACCOONTRA	RaccoonTracks - Raccoon tracks observed within 30 feet of the site. N = No Y = Yes
SNAKETRACK	SnakeTracks - Snake tracks observed within 30 feet of the site. N = No Y = Yes
PEOPLETRAC	PeopleTracks - People tracks observed within 30 feet of the site. N = No Y = Yes
GHOSTCRABT	GhostCrabTracks - Ghost crab tracks observed within 30 feet of the site. N = No Y = Yes
UNKWNTRACK	unkwnTracks - Tracks observed within 30 feet of the site; source unknown. N = No Y = Yes
OTHERTRACK	OtherTracks - Tracks observed within 30 feet of the site from another source.
BEACHRAKIN	BeachRaking - Beach racking observed within 300 feet of the site. N = No Y = Yes
WETWRACK	Wet Wrack observed within 300 feet of the site. Y = Yes N = No
WETWRACKAB	WetWrackAbundance - If WetWrack = Y, was the wet wrack abundant or sparse? Abundant = Abundant wet wrack Sparse = Sparse wet wrack
SITEVISITN	SiteVisitNotes - Notes about the site visit.
CHICKSFALL	ChicksFallingofRoof - Chicks are falling off the rooftop. N = No Y = Yes
FALLINGCHI	FallingChickNotes - Notes about chicks falling off the rooftop sites.
CHICKSRETU	ChicksReturnedToRoof - Chicks are returned to rooftop site after falling. N = No Y = Yes
RETURNTORO	ReturnToRoofnotes - Notes about returning chicks to the rooftops.
SPECIES	Species observed at the site.
BEHAVIOR	If SiteVisitType = 'Solitary' and SiteActivityStatus = 'Active', type of nesting behavior observed.
EGGCOUNTAC	EggCountAccuracy - If SiteVisitType = 'Solitary' and SiteActivityStatus = 'Active', count type accuracy associated with the egg count.
NESTCOUNTA	NestCountAccuracy - If SiteVisitType = 'Colonial' or 'Rooftop' and SiteActivityStatus = 'Active', count type accuracy associated with the nest count.
DOWNYCOUNT	DownyCountAccuracy - If SiteVisitType = 'Solitary' or 'Colonial' or 'Chicks/Young' or 'Rooftop' and SiteActivityStatus = 'Active', count type accuracy associated with the downy chick count.
FEATHEREDC	FeatheredCountAccuracy - If SiteVisitType = 'Colonial' or 'Chicks/Young' or 'Rooftop' and SiteActivityStatus = 'Active', count type accuracy associated with the feathered chick count.
FLIGHTCOUN	FlightCountAccuracy - If SiteVisitType = 'Colonial' or 'Chicks/Young' or 'Rooftop' and SiteActivityStatus = 'Active', count type accuracy associated with the flight capable chick count.
ADULTCOUNT	AdultCountAccuracy - If SiteVisitType = 'Solitary' or 'Colonial' or 'Chicks/Young' or 'Rooftop' and SiteActivityStatus = 'Active', 'PreNesting', 'Unknown', count type accuracy associated with the adult count.
ROVINGSTAG	RovingStagingHabitat - Type of habitat in which the Active Young were observed.
NATALNES_1	NatalNestSiteID - Unique Site ID (colony or solitary SiteID) associated with the Natal Nest site where the Roving Chicks / Staging Young were hatched. If natal site is unknown value will be NULL.
ENTEREDBY	First and last name of the person who entered the record into the Florida Shorebird Database.
EGG	Number of eggs observed at Solitary nest sites; see EggCountAccuracy for count type accuracy.
NEST	Number of nests observed at Colonial or Rooftop sites; see NestCountAccuracy for count type accuracy.
DOWNYCHICK	Number of downy chicks observed at a Solitary, Colonial, Chick/Young, or Rooftop sites; see DownyCountAccuracy for count type accuracy.
FEATHERE_1	Undefined by Source
FLIGHTCHIC	Undefined by Source
ADULT	Number of adults observed at Solitary, Colonial, Chick/Young, or Rooftop sites; see AdultCountAccuracy for count type accuracy.
DOGLSHD	Number of leashed dogs observed within 300 feet of the site.
DOGUNLSHD	Number of unleashed dogs observed within 300 feet of the site.
LAT_DD	Latitude in decimal degrees.
LONG_DD	Longitude in decimal degrees.
MGRS	Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) Coordinate of the Facility. The MGRS is the geocoordinate standard used by NATO militaries for locating points on the earth. The MGRS provides a means to represent any location on the surface of the Earth using an alphanumeric string. Hierarchical references are based on the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinate system. The MGRS is used for the entire earth
GOOGLEMAP	Webpage hyperlink to location in Google Maps.
DESCRIPT	FGDL added field based on SPECIES and BEHAVIOR
FGDLAQDATE	The date FGDL acquired the data from the Source.
AUTOID	Unique ID added by GeoPlan

The FSD database includes information about the surveys, such as: location, site, species, sampling methods, dates, times, observers, observation comments, site status, various disturbances, behavior, nesting and chick status.

USER NOTES:

Visually inspected annually for accuracy. 'Status' field in attribute field describes status of visual review.

Visually inspected annually for completeness. 'Status' field in attribute field describes status of visual review.

GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.

The original online database, the Florida Beach-nesting Birds Website, was launched in 2005. This database was designed as a management tool providing real-time information to managers and permit reviewers to help them respond to situations involving nesting shorebirds and seabirds. However, as use of the database expanded, its potential as a research tool soon became evident. In 2010 [These 2005-2010 data are available as a separate dataset, BeachNestingBirds_2005_2010_fl_pnt]. FWC collaborated with multiple partners to create the Florida Shorebird Database (FSD). By restructuring the old database and standardizing monitoring protocols, the FSD can serve as the tool that will provide answers to important questions about the status of shorebirds and seabirds in Florida while continuing to function as a management tool. Prior to July 1, 2004, the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) was known as the Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI). The institute name has not been changed in historical data sets or references to work completed by the Florida Marine Research Institute. The institute name has been changed in references to ongoing research, new research, and contact information.

Long-term monitoring of shorebirds and seabirds across Florida is impracticable for any one agency or organization, and requires an extensive network of groups and individuals. The FSD facilitates this collaborative approach by providing a central location for data entry, compilation, and storage. Data from the FSD are used in many ways. At the local and regional level, partners regularly rely on the data to plan and assess management activities for particular shorebird and seabird sites in their area. In addition, different agencies use the data to review permits for proposed projects near important shorebird and seabird sites. At the statewide level, biologists plan to use these data to determine distribution, status, and trends for various species of shorebird and seabird in Florida. They will inform important conservation planning efforts such as setting conservation priorities, identifying critical habitat, and assessing species for state listing.

This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan

This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan

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REFERENCES:

Florida Shorebird Database website: https://publictemp.myfwc.com/crossdoi/shorebirds/index.aspx

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

Downloaded zipfile containing the shapefile from FFWCC geodata portal: http://geodata.myfwc.com/datasets/florida-shorebird-database Added the following fields: MGRS, GOOGLEMAP, FGDLAQDATE, LAT_DD, LONG_DD -added DESCRIPT field, populated it based on a concatenation of SPECIES and BEHAVIOR -Where SPECIES & BEHAVIOR = ' ' populated DESCRIPT as NO DESCRIPT AVAILABLE -Where SPECIES has data & BEHAVIOR = ' ', populated DESCRIPT with only SPECIES -Where SPECIES & BEHAVIOR have data, populated DESCRIPT as [SPECIES] & " [" & [BEHAVIOR] & "]" in field calculator -added FGDLAQDATE populated based on the date GeoPlan received the data -Deleted OBJECTID, SITELATITU, SITELONGIT, ADDITION_2, ADDITION_3, ADDITION_4, ROVINGST_1 -Restructured table based on longest record for each field -Uppercased all fields -Renamed data shorebirds_apr19 This dataset was downloaded in shapefile format and the coordinate system was GCS_WGS_1984. It was then reprojected to Albers FGDL GCS_North_American_1983_HARN. No discrepencies or major shifts observed with the projection. Process Date: 20190617 Dataset copied. Process Date: 20190728

MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

Projection                          ALBERS
Datum                               HPGN
Units                               METERS
Spheroid                            GRS1980
1st Standard Parallel               24  0  0.000
2nd Standard Parallel               31 30  0.000
Central Meridian                   -84 00  0.000
Latitude of Projection's Origin     24  0  0.000
False Easting (meters)              400000.00000
False Northing (meters)             0.00000

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