Hi Larry,
Another compulsive birder/lister here. I know how to get some of these for MA, where I live, so here are VT equivalents:
• Which locations in Vermont have generated the largest number of
individual species reports? Are there places where over 150 species
have been sighted? 100? 75?
-This page, looking on the right hand side and scrolling down, is a composite of top counties, top hotspots, top ebirders and has links to see not just the top 10, but all of each (this one is for current year):
http://ebird.org/ebird/subnational1/US-VT?yr=cur&changeDate=Set
-This one is for all years:
http://ebird.org/ebird/subnational1/US-VT?yr=all&changeDate=Set
-Each of those things individually:
• Which Vermont birders are the most active E Bird contributors?
-top 100 eBirders for 2016:
http://ebird.org/ebird/top100?locInfo.regionType=subnational1&locInfo.regionCode=US-VT&year=2016
-top 100 eBirders for all years:
http://ebird.org/ebird/top100?locInfo.regionType=subnational1&locInfo.regionCode=US-VT&year=AAAA
• What are the top ten locations in Vermont for generating E Bird
reports? I might guess the West Rutland Swamp, Mount Philo, Shelburne
Bay, Mount Mansfield, Pearl Street in Brandon, etc., but I really don’t
know. The list could be titled “Vermont’s Ten Most Birded Spots”.
-all counties for 2016:
http://ebird.org/ebird/subnational1/US-VT/regions?yr=cur&changeDate=Set
-all counties for all years:
http://ebird.org/ebird/subnational1/US-VT/regions?yr=all&changeDate=Set
• Which locations in Vermont have generated the largest number of
individual species reports? Are there places where over 150 species
have been sighted? 100? 75?
-top 100 Hotspots for current year:
http://ebird.org/ebird/subnational1/US-VT/hotspots?yr=cur&changeDate=Set
-top 100 Hotspots for all years:
http://ebird.org/ebird/subnational1/US-VT/hotspots?yr=all&changeDate=Set
• At the other end of the spectrum, what are the most commonly reported
species either by number of E Bird reports containing them, or by total
count of individuals? Chickadee, House Sparrow, Crow, Starling, Blue
Jay? The list might be called “The Trash Birds of Vermont”.
-I downloaded the dataset for the species frequency bar chart for Vermont for 2015,
loaded it into an Excel spreadsheet and this is what I got. Bear in mind that this is
how many times a species was reported out of all the checklists for 2015, not how
many birds. It also does not account for when everyone goes to see a single 1 day rarity, etc.
It would also be interesting to look at it in each season as well as across all years.
Getting total species count requires requesting and downloading a much larger data set
and more time to crunch it.
Vermont, 2015:
Frequency of observations in the selected location(s).:
Sample Size:
26648
Black-capped Chickadee
51.0487%
Blue Jay
43.2470%
American Crow
42.5566%
American Goldfinch
33.3334%
American Robin
32.1288%
White-breasted Nuthatch
28.1899%
Song Sparrow
27.9828%
Mourning Dove
24.7971%
Downy Woodpecker
24.4849%
Northern Cardinal
24.3823%
Red-winged Blackbird
21.9032%
Mallard
20.1936%
Canada Goose
18.3733%
Tufted Titmouse
18.3288%
Hairy Woodpecker
17.9217%
Dark-eyed Junco
17.7763%
Common Yellowthroat
16.1976%
European Starling
15.5507%
Red-eyed Vireo
15.3872%
Gray Catbird
15.3224%
Eastern Phoebe
14.5492%
Cedar Waxwing
14.4757%
Ring-billed Gull
13.4553%
Common Raven
12.8698%
Common Grackle
12.1093%
Red-breasted Nuthatch
11.5637%
White-throated Sparrow
11.4914%
Great Blue Heron
10.5668%
Northern Flicker
10.0199%
Tree Swallow
9.6524%
Rock Pigeon
9.4232%
House Sparrow
8.8792%
Turkey Vulture
8.5741%
Ovenbird
8.4564%
Belted Kingfisher
8.4344%
Chipping Sparrow
8.4114%
American Tree Sparrow
8.3676%
Yellow-rumped Warbler
8.3564%
Wood Duck
8.0964%
Common Merganser
7.9303%
Red-tailed Hawk
7.8748%
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
7.7170%
Eastern Kingbird
7.6442%
Pileated Woodpecker
7.4244%
Yellow Warbler
7.1431%
Chestnut-sided Warbler
7.1092%
American Redstart
6.9788%
Swamp Sparrow
6.7797%
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
6.4813%
Red-bellied Woodpecker
6.4213%
American Black Duck
6.2853%
Purple Finch
6.2530%
Hooded Merganser
6.2112%
Barn Swallow
6.1353%
House Finch
6.1268%
Veery
5.9322%
Common Loon
5.8005%
Black-throated Green Warbler
5.7241%
Eastern Wood-Pewee
5.6933%
Warbling Vireo
5.3950%
House Wren
5.3816%
Bald Eagle
5.3537%
Hermit Thrush
5.0160%
Baltimore Oriole
5.0092%
Osprey
4.9868%
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
4.8553%
Double-crested Cormorant
4.7886%
Black-and-white Warbler
4.6665%
Common Goldeneye
4.6089%
Indigo Bunting
4.3498%
Killdeer
4.3413%
Black-throated Blue Warbler
4.2536%
Herring Gull
4.1006%
Common Redpoll
4.0901%
Savannah Sparrow
4.0584%
Pine Siskin
4.0466%
Brown-headed Cowbird
4.0460%
Blue-headed Vireo
4.0122%
Wood Thrush
3.9523%
Great Crested Flycatcher
3.8816%
Scarlet Tanager
3.8491%
Brown Creeper
3.5832%
Least Flycatcher
3.5828%
Eastern Bluebird
3.5716%
Wild Turkey
3.5448%
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
3.4696%
Magnolia Warbler
3.3986%
Blackburnian Warbler
3.3489%
Great Black-backed Gull
3.1415%
Alder Flycatcher
3.0405%
American Kestrel
2.9714%
Northern Harrier
2.8413%
Bobolink
2.7985%
Golden-crowned Kinglet
2.7190%
Winter Wren
2.6764%
Northern Parula
2.5885%
Green-winged Teal
2.5448%
Broad-winged Hawk
2.4604%
Nashville Warbler
2.4413%
Ring-necked Duck
2.3968%
Spotted Sandpiper
2.3507%
Bufflehead
2.3367%
Carolina Wren
2.2054%
Ruffed Grouse
2.1767%
Barred Owl
2.1233%
Pine Warbler
2.1201%
Green Heron
2.0179%
Chimney Swift
1.9143%
Wilson's Snipe
1.8944%
Eastern Towhee
1.8374%
Willow Flycatcher
1.7606%
Sharp-shinned Hawk
1.6322%
Cooper's Hawk
1.6111%
Merlin
1.5887%
Northern Waterthrush
1.5865%
Marsh Wren
1.4708%
White-crowned Sparrow
1.4507%
Horned Grebe
1.3317%
Least Sandpiper
1.3246%
Canada Warbler
1.3036%
Greater Yellowlegs
1.3015%
Field Sparrow
1.2992%
Blackpoll Warbler
1.2732%
Great Egret
1.2398%
Solitary Sandpiper
1.1997%
Brown Thrasher
1.1868%
Snow Goose
1.1766%
Palm Warbler
1.1696%
Peregrine Falcon
1.1658%
Rough-legged Hawk
1.1064%
Northern Pintail
1.0631%
Bonaparte's Gull
1.0488%
Snow Bunting
1.0429%
Caspian Tern
1.0236%
Horned Lark
1.0154%
American Woodcock
1.0040%
Swainson's Thrush
0.9684%
Pied-billed Grebe
0.9621%
Greater Scaup
0.9617%
Lesser Yellowlegs
0.9314%
American Bittern
0.9219%
Yellow-throated Vireo
0.9117%
Bohemian Waxwing
0.8900%
Virginia Rail
0.8503%
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
0.8457%
Lincoln's Sparrow
0.8179%
Tennessee Warbler
0.8121%
Eastern Meadowlark
0.8056%
Northern Mockingbird
0.7987%
Evening Grosbeak
0.7957%
Bank Swallow
0.7936%
Lesser Scaup
0.7869%
Mourning Warbler
0.7662%
Empidonax sp.
0.7592%
Semipalmated Plover
0.7491%
Rusty Blackbird
0.7277%
White-winged Scoter
0.6851%
Cliff Swallow
0.6743%
Red-necked Grebe
0.6564%
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
0.6502%
Red-shouldered Hawk
0.6436%
gull sp.
0.5831%
Fox Sparrow
0.5740%
Snowy Owl
0.5632%
Blue-winged Teal
0.5465%
Great Horned Owl
0.5410%
Greater/Lesser Scaup
0.5327%
Red-breasted Merganser
0.5294%
Gray Jay
0.5287%
American Wigeon
0.5268%
Eastern Whip-poor-will
0.5231%
Red Crossbill
0.5207%
Common Tern
0.5142%
Red-throated Loon
0.4983%
Wilson's Warbler
0.4931%
Black-backed Woodpecker
0.4928%
Pectoral Sandpiper
0.4338%
Black-billed Cuckoo
0.4299%
Semipalmated Sandpiper
0.4262%
Black-crowned Night-Heron
0.4214%
Common Nighthawk
0.4159%
Louisiana Waterthrush
0.3970%
American Pipit
0.3692%
Purple Martin
0.3651%
sparrow sp.
0.3580%
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
0.3574%
Gadwall
0.3529%
Barrow's Goldeneye
0.3479%
Bay-breasted Warbler
0.3436%
Black Scoter
0.3425%
Olive-sided Flycatcher
0.3341%
White-winged Crossbill
0.3243%
Cape May Warbler
0.3240%
duck sp.
0.3231%
Northern Shrike
0.3230%
Philadelphia Vireo
0.3215%
Boreal Chickadee
0.3169%
Ruddy Duck
0.3127%
Dunlin
0.3044%
Eastern Screech-Owl
0.2981%
Northern Shoveler
0.2969%
Long-tailed Duck
0.2962%
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's
Flycatcher)
0.2893%
Black Tern
0.2887%
Northern Goshawk
0.2833%
Blue-winged Warbler
0.2783%
Bicknell's Thrush
0.2669%
Common Gallinule
0.2648%
Harlequin Duck
0.2535%
Larus sp.
0.2476%
Orchard Oriole
0.2406%
warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.)
0.2406%
Vesper Sparrow
0.2267%
Northern Saw-whet Owl
0.2210%
Golden-winged Warbler
0.2165%
Hudsonian Godwit
0.2028%
Prairie Warbler
0.1980%
Grasshopper Sparrow
0.1958%
Accipiter sp.
0.1845%
Least Bittern
0.1836%
Black-bellied Plover
0.1785%
Spruce Grouse
0.1778%
Western Meadowlark
0.1756%
Sora
0.1749%
Surf Scoter
0.1746%
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
0.1733%
Fish Crow
0.1697%
White-rumped Sandpiper
0.1562%
Short-billed Dowitcher
0.1528%
Redhead
0.1490%
Ross's Goose
0.1469%
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
0.1437%
American Coot
0.1424%
Sandhill Crane
0.1359%
Mute Swan
0.1299%
swallow sp.
0.1221%
Hoary Redpoll
0.1201%
Short-eared Owl
0.1182%
Lapland Longspur
0.1165%
Golden-winged/Blue-winged Warbler
0.1117%
Golden Eagle
0.1087%
Sanderling
0.1040%
Baird's Sandpiper
0.0991%
Buteo sp.
0.0949%
Harris's Sparrow
0.0901%
Iceland Gull
0.0859%
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
0.0841%
Canvasback
0.0833%
Snowy Egret
0.0827%
Black Vulture
0.0821%
Little Gull
0.0755%
Cackling Goose
0.0734%
passerine sp.
0.0676%
Stilt Sandpiper
0.0670%
Cerulean Warbler
0.0654%
peep sp.
0.0651%
Pine Grosbeak
0.0647%
Brewster's Warbler (hybrid)
0.0646%
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
0.0620%
blackbird sp.
0.0576%
Cattle Egret
0.0575%
American Golden-Plover
0.0566%
Golden-winged x Blue-winged Warbler
(hybrid)
0.0526%
Tundra Swan
0.0518%
Surf/Black Scoter
0.0495%
Brant
0.0486%
woodpecker sp.
0.0454%
dabbling duck sp.
0.0447%
Red Phalarope
0.0425%
Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs
0.0425%
Hooded Warbler
0.0421%
Dickcissel
0.0387%
Eurasian Wigeon
0.0370%
Orange-crowned Warbler
0.0351%
Lesser Black-backed Gull
0.0325%
Clay-colored Sparrow
0.0319%
Tufted Duck
0.0318%
Nelson's Sparrow
0.0315%
loon sp.
0.0312%
Glossy Ibis
0.0292%
Ring-necked Pheasant
0.0288%
Townsend's Solitaire
0.0256%
crow sp.
0.0253%
Red-shouldered x Red-tailed Hawk (hybrid)
0.0246%
grouse sp.
0.0223%
teal sp.
0.0203%
vireo sp.
0.0180%
Long-eared Owl
0.0179%
American Black Duck/Mallard
0.0171%
Connecticut Warbler
0.0170%
Catharus sp.
0.0169%
diurnal raptor sp.
0.0159%
Upland Sandpiper
0.0157%
Greater White-fronted Goose
0.0156%
Pink-footed Goose
0.0155%
jaeger sp.
0.0150%
Ruddy Turnstone
0.0137%
Lark Sparrow
0.0135%
Bohemian/Cedar Waxwing
0.0135%
Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid)
0.0134%
Common/Red-breasted Merganser
0.0134%
Glaucous Gull
0.0128%
Black-legged Kittiwake
0.0127%
scoter sp.
0.0111%
Downy/Hairy Woodpecker
0.0104%
owl sp.
0.0100%
Red Knot
0.0094%
Pacific Loon
0.0092%
grebe sp.
0.0090%
Red-necked/Red Phalarope
0.0085%
Mallard (Domestic type)
0.0084%
shorebird sp.
0.0080%
thrush sp.
0.0079%
hummingbird sp.
0.0077%
large shorebird sp.
0.0074%
Red-necked Phalarope
0.0074%
phalarope sp.
0.0074%
Calidris sp.
0.0068%
Wilson's Phalarope
0.0066%
Whimbrel
0.0064%
swan sp.
0.0063%
finch sp.
0.0063%
Sterna sp.
0.0052%
small falcon sp.
0.0048%
Willet
0.0046%
Parasitic Jaeger
0.0046%
Warbling/Philadelphia Vireo
0.0046%
Spizella sp.
0.0046%
Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo
0.0045%
Northern Gannet
0.0043%
Band-tailed Pigeon
0.0042%
flycatcher sp. (Tyrannidae sp.)
0.0041%
hawk sp.
0.0033%
waterfowl sp.
0.0031%
heron sp.
0.0031%
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
0.0031%
Sabine's Gull
0.0031%
Franklin's Gull
0.0031%
Red-headed Woodpecker
0.0031%
Yellow-throated Warbler
0.0031%
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
0.0027%
goose sp.
0.0022%
Cackling/Canada Goose
0.0022%
• What are the ten rarest birds spotted in Vermont? I think of Whooping
Crane, Painted Bunting, Black-Tailed Gull, Golden-Crowned Sparrow, the
currently visiting Prothonotary Warbler and several others. Selection
criteria might be single species sightings from a specific location over
a relatively short time interval.
-The previous bit might help here a little, but it would be better to have a much larger data set and more crunching to really get this one right.
Jim Guion
Arlington, MA
> Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 10:50:20 -0400
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> Subject: [VTBIRD] E Bird Number Crunching
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> E Bird is a great success in Vermont. I don’t know how many sightings have been reported over the years – they must run into the thousands. I’m sure Kent could tell us.
> While E Bird is unsurpassed for finding information on individual species with dates, counts and locations, other data could probably be mined from its vast data base. For instance:
>
> • What are the top ten locations in Vermont for generating E Bird reports? I might guess the West Rutland Swamp, Mount Philo, Shelburne Bay, Mount Mansfield, Pearl Street in Brandon, etc., but I really don’t know. The list could be titled “Vermont’s Ten Most Birded Spots”.
> • Which locations in Vermont have generated the largest number of individual species reports? Are there places where over 150 species have been sighted? 100? 75?
> • Which Vermont birders are the most active E Bird contributors?
> • What are the ten rarest birds spotted in Vermont? I think of Whooping Crane, Painted Bunting, Black-Tailed Gull, Golden-Crowned Sparrow, the currently visiting Prothonotary Warbler and several others. Selection criteria might be single species sightings from a specific location over a relatively short time interval.
> • At the other end of the spectrum, what are the most commonly reported species either by number of E Bird reports containing them, or by total count of individuals? Chickadee, House Sparrow, Crow, Starling, Blue Jay? The list might be called “The Trash Birds of Vermont”.
>
> Anyhow, I’m sure other folks could suggest other lists. It might be interesting.
>
> Larry the Compulsive Lister
>
>
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