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Folks:

TASL data is prepared and reported so that it dovetails with eBird. Data transfer to eBird is facilitated using a standard excel reporting form, provided here.

The top 14 rows of the excel sheet are used for eBird housekeeping:

  • TASL location: I have entered the official site number for each of your stops. If I entered a wrong number or code, please fix it and let me know.

  • Latitude, longitude: Don't worry about these.

  • Date: I entered the date of this census. It needs to be at the top of each column.

  • Time: Record the time when you first arrive at the stop.

  • State, country and count type: Already entered.

  • Observers: Enter names once. You don't have to repeat for each column.

  • Minutes: This is important. Give the minutes you spent at the site.

  • All species reported? For most of us, that would be an N. I already discussed this with Marshall Illif. He says even if you put an x to show that a species was present, that is more information than if you enter absolutely nothing. However, I find it hard to break old habits. I really don't notice the pigeons, mockingbirds or crows.

  • Miles, acres: Don't worry about these.

  • Comments: I put the names of the stops in this space. Please review and send me corrections.

    Data sheets for each Harbor sector are in a separate file. Please don't rename your excel sheet: I have named each correctly for this census:

  • Nahant
  • Winthrop—Broad Sound
  • Deer Island
  • Winthrop Harbor
  • East Boston to South Boston
  • Neponset to L Street Beach
  • Squantum—Long Island
  • Hough's Neck
  • Weymouth
  • Hull

    Here is the older paper data sheet.

    TASL winter data sheet (paper)

    Soheil


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