Point Lepreau Bird Observatory Database

The Point Lepreau Bird Observatory (PLBO), located in Point Lepreau, New Brunswick, was created as a project of the Saint John Naturalists’ Club (SJNC) in late 1995. The SJNC began accumulating data on bird migration through the Bay of Fundy in spring and fall in 1996.


Migration data are collected daily using a sampling method with protocols adapted from Hussell and Ralph (1998). Migration counts using the Hussell and Ralph (1998) count protocol involve a four-hour Count Period consisting of a series of 15-minute counts, each followed by a rest period of equal length. Each Count Period consists of eight 15-minute counts, for a total of two hours, and eight 15-minute periods of rest. Observations are conducted from a permanent observatory building from mid-March to mid-May and from mid-September to mid-November. Observers count all birds seen and since Point Lepreau projects southward into the Bay, birds in spring migration are travelling east when passing it while birds in fall are travelling west. Since the year 2000, counts in spring have been under the supervision of a contracted Official Observer, normally assisted by up to three volunteers.


The data are split in to a conditions file and an observations file. The conditions data includes information on weather conditions, sea states and times and durations of each count. The observations data includes observations of birds by species, including numbers of individuals observed and direction of flight. Birds travelling in different directions are recorded separately as are birds resting or feeding on the water.

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Metadata Record Information

File Identifier
470fc8c9-56b6-43b4-afd3-00a0423a9e2a XML
Date Stamp
2024-05-01T16:49:09.558Z
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy Level
Dataset
Point of contact
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Canadian Wildlife Service
Dartmouth , Nova Scotia , B2Y 2N6 , Canada
 

Data identification

Date (Publication)
2021-11-10
Date (Creation)
2021-11-10
Date (Revision)
2024-04-24
Status
On going
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
utf8
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Environment
  • Oceans
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Biannually
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Point of contact
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Canadian Wildlife Service
Dartmouth , Nova Scotia , B2Y 2N6 , Canada

Keywords

Keywords

  • Atlantic Canada

  • Bay of Fundy

  • Bird Migration

  • Point Lepreau Bird Observatory

  • New Brunswick

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

  • Migration

  • Ornithology

  • Birds

Business Functions

  • Protect Species Well-Being

  • Assess Status of Species
 
Use Limitation

Open Government Licence - Canada ( http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada )

Access Constraints
License
Use Constraints
License
Begin Date
1996-03-17

Extent

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Ref. system Reference Systems

Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:4326 /
 

Distribution

Distribution Formats

Distribution format
  • CSV ( 1 )

  • PDF ( 1 )

 
Distributor
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Canadian Wildlife Service
Dartmouth , Nova Scotia , B2Y 2N6 , Canada
 
 

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Keywords

Atlantic Canada Bay of Fundy Bird Migration New Brunswick Point Lepreau Bird Observatory
Business Functions
Assess Status of Species Protect Species Well-Being
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
Birds Migration Ornithology

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