Data Projects for the Birdwatching Domain

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    1. xtine Metaweb Staff
      Oct 7, 2008
      xtine says:

       

      This discussion started in the "Checklist Abundance" topic, but the actual data projects got lost in a discussion about sampling techniques, so starting this new thread.

       

      Things that would be useful:

      • For each /biology/organism_classification object that is a checklist_bird/species, add a link to the /biology/organism_classification object that is its genus, and link genera to families /  subfamilies, and families to orders.
      Here's a list of birds & their scientific_names & freebase ids that have no genus specified:

      http://sfbaybirds.xtine.user.dev.freebaseapps.com/birds_without_genus

      • Add more bird checklists. Checklists with abundance data by month or season is more useful than checklists without abundance data.  I am currently not adding checklists that do not have abundance data.
      • Suggest new types -- Birdwatching Festivals, Tour Operators might be good types to develop.
      2. xtine_bird_bot
        Oct 9, 2008
        xtine_bird_bot says:

        just added links from all birds on the AOU list to type /biology/organism_classification, and added the AOU common name as an alias if the topic name differed. there were 66 birds on the AOU list which my script was not able to resolve, and which i will have to resolve manually.  next, jg gave me a list of ITIS ids for birds, and will be adding those soon.

      3. spatialed Top Contributor Freebase Experts
        Oct 13, 2008
        spatialed says:

        Which one of the AOU lists?

      4. xtine Metaweb Staff
        Oct 16, 2008
        xtine says:

        AOU Checklist of North American Birds, 7th edition.  Includes changes through the 49th (current) supplement.

      5. spatialed Top Contributor Freebase Experts
        Oct 17, 2008
        spatialed says:

        The "Find a bird" Acre application is a really great idea!

      6. xtine Metaweb Staff
        Oct 17, 2008
        xtine says:

        Thanks!  I actually used it the other day after seeing a Red-breasted Sapsucker - felt lucky to see it when I learned it is rare in San Francisco this time of year, and is never terribly common here.

         re data. I am still resolving some bird names... so it goes.

      7. evening Top Contributor Freebase Experts
        Nov 1, 2008
        evening says:

        OK, I'm a little confused about not using checklists that don't have abundance data.  Why not?  It doesn't look as if the Checklist type has abundance data "fields", so not sure what the issue is.

      8. xtine Metaweb Staff
        Nov 1, 2008
        xtine says:

        I'll respond to your question in the topic http://www.freebase.com/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000929c814">Checklist Abundance.

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