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Counts of Birds in Aerial Photos from Fall Waterfowl Surveys, Izembek Lagoon, Alaska, 2017-2019

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This dataset includes tables summarizing image information and bird counts from the aerial digital images taken over open water at Izembek Lagoon in Alaska in fall 2017-2019. These summaries list one record per image and provide the camera parameters, latitude, longitude, altitude, and automated and manual counts representing the total number of birds in each taxon (brant, white-cheeked geese, emperor geese, gulls, and other birds) identified in the image. The original images (.JPG format) and annotations are provided in an accompanying USGS data release (Weiser et al. 2022).

Related Software Release: Weiser, E.L. 2022. R scripts for analysis of fall photographic waterfowl surveys, Izembek Lagoon, Alaska, 2017-2019. U.S. Geological Survey software release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9HNU1WE

Author(s): Weiser, E. L.; Flint, P. L.; Marks, D. K.; Shults, B. S.; Wilson, H. M.; Thompson, S. J.; Fischer, J. B.

Suggested Citation:
Weiser, E. L., Flint, P. L., Marks, D. K., Shults, B. S., Wilson, H. M., Thompson, S. J. and Fischer, J. B., 2022, Counts of birds in aerial photos from fall waterfowl surveys, Izembek Lagoon, Alaska, 2017-2019: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9ALG8MY.

Referenced Publication(s):

Weiser, E. L., P. L. Flint, D. K. Marks, B. S. Shults, H. M. Wilson, S. J. Thompson, and J. B. Fischer. 2023. Optimizing surveys of fall-staging geese using aerial imagery and automated counting. Wildlife Society Bulletin 47(1):e1407. doi:10.1002/wsb.1407


DataID: 471 | doi:10.5066/P9ALG8MY | Date Posted Online: 2022-04-05 | Last Updated:

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