Collection of photographs taken during field work to equip adult shorebirds with tracking devices. Photos include those taken of adult shorebirds banded, completed datasheets, and by crew members.
Directories include Tracking_study_banding_photos, Tracking_study_datasheet_photos, and Tracking_study_crew_photos.
The data providers have invested considerable effort in QA/QC, but it is possible that undetected errors remain. It is strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data to evaluate data set limitations, restrictions, or intended use. The originators of this dataset shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein.
Potential users of these data should first contact the data authors listed below, as potential biases may occur within the data depending on the intended use. Therefore, potential users should contact the data authors to discuss intended use and how these data may or may not be applicable.
General field methods are available in annual protocol documents.
Tracking_study_banding_photos: photographs of adult shorebirds banded from 2017-2022 for tracking including photos of data book, color combination placed on the bird, and inner and outer wings. Photos are organized in folders by year and species (4 character acronym). Naming convention for each photo is band number_nestID_photo description. In some years, nestID may have been replaced by species or eliminated. Common photo descriptions include: ‘data’ = photo taken of data book while in the field. In some previous years ‘book’ may have been used. ‘combo’ = photo taken of color band combination placed on bird. In some previous years ‘bands’ may have been used. ‘entirewing’ = photo taken of entire wing. In some previous years ‘wing’ may have also been used. ‘innerwing’ = photo taken of just inner wing. ‘outerwing’ = photo taken of just outer wing. Other descriptions may have been used when necessary. If more than one photo was taken of a given photo type, a unique number was added to the end of the photo description.
Tracking_study_datasheet_photos: pdf files of completed banding and nest datasheets from 2017-2022. Not all birds or nests are included (e.g., collaborators shared data via excel files and retained datasheets).
Tracking_study_crew_photos: photographs of daily activities taken by crew members from 2017-2022. Photos are organized in folders by year. There is no naming convention for specific photos.
