MON-EX-PRNWR-Breeding-Birds.02 Nancy Pau

Parker River National Wildlife Refuge 6 Plum Island Turnpike Newburyport MA 01950 USA

Plum Island Ecosystems LTER Program

The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Lab 7 MBL St Woods Hole MA 02543 USA

(508) 289 7485 pie_im@mbl.edu http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/ Deborah Melvin additional investigator Robert Buchsbaum additional investigator 2004 This file contains breeding bird data using 50 m radius counting circles for the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge breeding birds Parker River National Wildlife Refuge Acceptance and utilization of PIE-LTER data requires that: The Principal Investigator be sent a notice stating reasons for acquiring any data and a description of the publication intentions. The Principal Investigator of the data set be sent a copy of the report or manuscript prior to submission and be adequately cited in any resultant publications A copy of any resultant publications should be sent to: Principal Investigator Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Laboratory Woods Hole, MA 02543 http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/data/MON/MON-EX-PRNWR-Breeding-Birds.html Counting circles located on Plum Island and cover the length of the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge on the island from near the entrance booth at parking lot 1 to Stage Island Pool. Counting circles set up in close proximity to the refuge road. 1994-05-21 2002-07-13 Version 02, 21Feb2011 updated bird number variable name to include NumBird instead of only numbers, ie 0-3<50m changed to IndBird_0-3_50m. Data Manager

The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Lab 7 MBL St Woods Hole MA 02543 USA

(508) 289 7485 pie_im@mbl.edu http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/ Plum Island Ecosystems LTER

The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Lab 7 MBL St Woods Hole MA 02543 USA

(508) 289 7485 pie_im@mbl.edu http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/ Standard breeding bird censuses with 50 m radius counting circles. Observing periods divided into 0-3 min, 3-5 min, and 5-10 minutes for comparison with other censuses. For 3-5 min period, only additional birds not recorded in the 0-3 period are recorded. For 5-10 min period, only additional birds not recorded in the 0-5 min period are recorded. Birds recorded either visually or by sound. Counting circle boundaries set a minimum of 200 m from each other. Counts carried out from late May through early July with most counts in June. Placement of circles encompassed a variety of habitats. Anne Giblin

The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Lab 7 MBL St Woods Hole MA 02543 USA

(508) 289 7488 agiblin@mbl.edu Lead PI Hap Garritt

The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Lab 7 MBL St Woods Hole MA 02543 USA

(508) 289 7485 pie_im@mbl.edu Information Manager The Plum Island Ecosystems (PIE) LTER is an integrated research, education and outreach program whose goal is to develop a predictive understanding of the long-term response of watershed and estuarine ecosystems at the land-sea interface to changes in climate, land use and sea level. The principal study site is the Plum Island Sound estuary, its coupled Parker, Rowley and Ipswich River watersheds and the adjacent coastal ocean, the Gulf of Maine. The PIE LTER focuses on how several aspects of global change influence organic matter and inorganic nutrient biogeochemistry and estuarine foodwebs. The inputs of organic matter and nutrients from land, ocean and marshes interact with the external drivers (climate, land use, river discharge, sea level) to dictate the extent and degree of nutrient and organic matter processing and determine the spatial patterns of estuarine productivity and trophic structure. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants OCE-9726921, OCE-0423565. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. The Plum Island Ecosystems (PIE) LTER site, is located in northeastern Massachusetts, 42.72 N, 70.85 W. The PIE LTER lies at the interface of a thinly soiled, formerly glaciated New England land mass and the highly productive Gulf of Maine. Three watersheds comprise the estuarine drainage basin: Parker (155 km2), Rowley (26 km2) and Ipswich (404 km2). The Ipswich River watershed is highly urbanized with Boston "bedroom" communities encroaching in the headwater region while the Parker is less urbanized and retains a higher proportion of forest. -71.2198 -70.7568 42.8276 42.4965 0 100 meter uid=PIE,o=lter,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all public read MON-EX-PRNWR-Breeding-Birds.dat Breeding bird data using 50 m radius counting circles for the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge MON-EX-PRNWR-Breeding-Birds.dat 1 column , http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/data/MON/data/MON-EX-PRNWR-Breeding-Birds.dat Census Unit Census Unit Code name of individual counting circles Code name of individual counting circles xUTM xUTM the X coordinate location of the center of the census unit in UTM meter real yUTM yUTM the Y coordinate location of the center of the census unit in UTM meter real Date Date Date of the survey dd-mmm-yyyy Time Time Time in EST hh:mm Observer Observer Name of person making observations Name of person making observations Temp Temp Temperature at beginning of survey celsius real % Cloud % Cloud Estimation of the percent of cloud cover percent real Scientific Name Scientific Name an abbreviation of the scientific name of the bird species. First two letters of genus in upper case, first five letters of species name in lower case an abbreviation of the scientific name of the bird species. First two letters of genus in upper case, first five letters of species name in lower case Common Name Common Name full common name of the bird species full common name of the bird species NumBird_0-3_50m NumBird_0-3_50m Number of individuals of that species seen within the 50 m counting circle within the first 3 minutes of entering the circle number real NumBird_3-5_50m NumBird_3-5_50m Additional individuals observed or heard from 3-5 minutes and added to those seen in the first 0-3 minutes within the 50 m radius counting circle number real NumBird_5-10_50m NumBird_5-10_50m Additional individuals observed or heard from 5-10 minutes added to those seen in the first 0-5 minutes within the 50 m radius counting circle number real NumBird_0-3_50m NumBird_0-3_50m Number of individuals of that species seen outside the 50 m counting circle within the first 3 minutes of entering the circle number real NumBird_3-5_50m NumBird_3-5_50m Additional individuals observed or heard from 3-5 minutes and added to those seen in the first 0-3 minutes outside the 50 m radius counting circle number real NumBird_5-10_50m NumBird_5-10_50m Additional individuals observed or heard from 5-10 minutes added to those seen in the first 0-5 minutes outside the 50 m radius counting circle number real Comments Comments comments about data comments about data ratio of two quantities as percent composition (1:100)