SGS-LTER Avian Road Counts (Breeding Bird Survey) in eastern Colorado, USA 1994-2002

This data package was produced by researchers working on the Shortgrass Steppe Long Term Ecological Research (SGS-LTER) Project, administered at Colorado State University.
Long-term datasets and background information (proposals, reports, photographs, etc.) on the SGS-LTER project are contained in a comprehensive project collection within the Digital Collections of Colorado. The data table and associated metadata document, which is in Ecological Metadata Language, may be available through other repositories
serving the ecological research community and represent components of the larger SGS-LTER project collection. The Breeding Bird Survey is a large-scale survey of North American birds. It is a roadside survey, primarily covering the continental United States and southern Canada,
although survey routes have recently been initiated in Alaska and northern Mexico. The BBS was started in 1966, and the over 3,500 routes are surveyed in June by
experienced birders. Routes 305, Nunn and 901, Rockport are located in the area of the SGS research site. The primary objective of the BBS has been the estimation
of population change for songbirds. However, the data have many potential uses, and investigators have used the data to address a variety of research and management
objectives. In the USGS-BBS Home Page, reults from the BBS are summarized, and pictures of birds and other species information. Data from
1966 - 2002 were managed by the SGS-LTER project. Additional information and referenced materials can be found:
http://hdl.handle.net/10217/82150.