| Recyear | | Physical quantity | Recyear |
| Watershed | | Nominal | Watershed Name |
| Transect | | Nominal | Transect name assigned by Brett.
First capital alphanumeric characters = watershed ID. Next lowercase letter = cardinal direction of topographic bolck within watershed (n, s, e, w).
Last capital alphanumeric characters = transect ID # ("Core" = regularly surveyed "core" transect per block; "P_" transects are one-time surveyed "peripheral" transects).
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| TransectName | | Nominal | Alice added this field and updated by matching Brett's transects to the new names assigned to them in 2017 (missing values = transects not continued past 2016) |
| Direction | | Nominal | Cardinal direction from which survey began |
| DayofYear | | Physical quantity | Julian date |
| SurveyDate | | Date/time | Date formatted more normally from the year and dayofyear fields |
| StartTime | | Physical quantity | 24-hr time survey began |
| EndTime | | Physical quantity | 24-hr time survey completed |
| Obs | | Nominal | 3-letter initials of observer |
| StartCloud | | Physical quantity | % of sky covered by clouds. AB populated this field based on "sky" field in original PBG51 data (0 assigned 15%, 1 assigned 50%, 2 assigned 85%, 3 and higher assigned 100% |
| Sky | | Physical quantity | 0=clear, few clouds; 1=partly cloudy, scattered or variable sky; 2=cloudy, broken, or overcast; 3=rain; 4-6=fog/smoke; 7=snow; 8=showers (intermittent rain); 9=light rain or drizzle; 10=tree leaf drip |
| Wind_Beaufort | | Physical quantity | Wind speeds converted to Beaufort scale to integrate into main DB
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| Wind_Speed | | Physical quantity | Wind speed average kmh |
| Temp | | Physical quantity | Temperature in Centigrade |
| Species | | Nominal | Species code, 4-letter AOU alpha code |
| Sex | | Nominal | Sex status. M, F, or MF; "u" or blank if unknown |
| Vdetection | | Code list | Visual detection. Enter 1 if visual detection, else leave blank |
| Sdetection | | Code list | Song detection. Enter 1 if song of bird heard, else leave blank |
| Cdetection | | Code list | Call/alarm detectio. Enter 1 if Call/alarm detectio, else leave blank |
| AudioOnly | | Nominal | Added this field and updated based on Sdetection and Cdetection fields. Check yes if the observer only heard and did not see the bird |
| Fly | | Code list | Fly, Enter 1 if flyover only (no distance measured within survey spacce, but bird flew over habitat); else leave blank |
| Flyover | | Nominal | Added this field and updated based on FLY. Check yes if the bird did not interact with the watershed other than flying over |
| Flush | | Code list | Flush. Bird may have been flushed by observer |
| Distance | | Physical quantity | Distance. Perpendicular distance (m) |
| GroupSize | | Physical quantity | Group size of birds. Assume "1" of not entered. |
| NumOfMale | | Physical quantity | Num Of Male. male birds seen if a group (>1 bird) |
| NumOfFemale | | Physical quantity | Num Of Female. Number of female birds seen if a group (>1 bird) |
| Comments | | Nominal | Comments for the survey |
