F-Data Portal
Data Export
If you would like to explore patterns in our data on your own, simply send us a request and we’ll make whatever you want available on an ftp site. We have also included some of our Northern Region Landbird Monitoring Program data below, broken down into categories that constitute our most common requests.
| National Forest | Bird data | Shape File | Google Earth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaverhead | Beaverhead_birds.dbf | Beaverhead_points.zip | Beaverhead.kml |
| Bitterroot | Bitterroot_birds.dbf | Bitterroot_points.zip | Bitterroot.kml |
| Idaho Panhandle | Panhandle_birds.dbf | Panhandle_points.zip | Panhandle.kml |
| Clearwater | Clearwater_birds.dbf | Clearwater_points.zip | Clearwater.kml |
| Custer | Custer_birds.dbf | Custer_points.zip | Custer.kml |
| Flathead | Flathead_birds.dbf | Flathead_points.zip | Flathead.kml |
| Gallatin | Gallatin_birds.dbf | Gallatin_points.zip | Gallatin.kml |
| Helena | Helena_birds.dbf | Helena_points.zip | Helena.kml |
| Kootenai | Kootenai_birds.dbf | Kootenai_points.zip | Kootenai.kml |
| Lewis and Clark | LewisClark_birds.dbf | LewisClark_points.zip | LewisClark.kml |
| Lolo | Lolo_birds.dbf | Lolo_points.zip | Lolo.kml |
| Nez Perce | NezPerce_birds.dbf | NezPerce_points.zip | NezPerce.kml |
| PARTNERS | Bird data | Shape File | Google Earth |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSKT Tribal lands | CSKT_birds.dbf | CSKT_points.zip | CSKT.kml |
| Glacier National Park | Glacier_birds.dbf | Glacier_points.zip | Glacier.kml |
| Southwest MT (BLM) | SW_BLM_birds.dbf | SW_points_BLM.zip | SW_BLM.kml |
| Southeast MT (BLM) | SE_BLM_birds.dbf | SE_points_BLM.zip | SE_BLM.kml |
| Northeast MT (FWP) | NE_FWP_birds.dbf | NE_points_FWP.zip | NE_FWP.kml |
| Potlatch Corporation | Contact Brian Moser for details | ||
Bird Data Files
Explanations of the variables and data codes can be downloaded here
The files contain all bird data, as entered from field data forms. There is one line (record) per bird observation. There are multiple observations per survey, of course, and may even be multiple records for a single species at one survey. This table gives all birds seen, with no filtering. All surveys are included regardless of acceptable protocol limits (bad weather, noise, time, etc.). This is for making species lists and distributions, not for quantitative analyses.
Shape Files
Unzip these files to obtain a folder that has all of the necessary components for a GIS shapefile. Note that both active and inactive transects are included. If you want the active and inactive transects in separate files, download these files:
All transects active as of 2004 (All Forests)
All transects discontinued before 2004 (All Forests)
Google Earth files
Google Earth provides an easy way to visualize our survey locations on top of aerial photo imagery. In Montana, Google Earth is currently using the same 2005 NAIP imagery that we use in all of our GIS mapping. You can download Google Earth here. Unzip and click on one of the .kml files and Google Earth will automatically launch. You can open the files this way every time or you can save them in your Google Earth "Places" directory. The labels that show up are the Point ID numbers. If you click on a point the transect number will also be displayed. These can be looked up in the bird files to find the bird list for that point (or transect) in each year it was surveyed.
Data Entry
In the future, technicians will use this password protected link to enter their field data. If funding permits, we'd like to have this feature up and running in 2009!