sightings_really_bad: Sightings - Really Bad Data Management

Description Usage Format

Description

Contains bird observations with really bad formatting

Usage

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Format

A data.frame with the following columns:

Observer: Initials of observer - Note inconsistency of capitalization. Furthermore, initials may not always be unique

Location: Title or Initials of Location - Note differences of records.

Lat: Latitude

Lon: Longitude

SPECIES_1: Species Abbreviation - Why is SPECIES in all caps?

Date_1: Date without time

Time_1: Time of observation - Note that some have another date from 1899

How recognized?_1: What technique was used to recgonize the bird - Why is there a question mark in the column name?

SPECIES_2: Species of second observation of same observer in location - poor structure

Date_2: Date of second observation of same observer in location - poor structure

Time_2: Time of second observation of same observer in location - poor structure

How recognized?_2: Recognition type of second observation of same observer in location - poor structure

SPECIES_3: Species of third observation of same observer in location - painful

Date_3: Date of third observation os same ovserver in location - painful

Time_3: Time of third observation of same observer in location - painful

How recognized?_3: Recognition type of third observation of same observer in location - painful

SPECIES_4: Species of fourth observation of same observer in location - if exists

Date_4: Date of fourth observation of same observer in location - if exists

Time_4: Time of fourth observation of same observer in location - if exists

How recognized?_4: Recognition type of fourth observation of same observer in location - if exists

comments: Miscellaneous comments - Which observation does this refer to? 1,2,3,4?


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