Bird capture, health, and telemetry data collected along Gulf of Mexico shorelines and Atlantic coast reference sites gathered from June 2010 through September 2013

This report contains bird capture, health, and telemetry data, and provides additional context for the posted dataset, including information about the collection, analysis, and organization of the data. Characteristics of this dataset include the following: This dataset focuses on bird capture, health, and telemetry data, which were collected under three studies as part of the NRDA process. This dataset combines results from three NRDA studies conducted cooperatively with the Trustees. Before posting, extensive work was done independently by BP contractors to verify some aspects of the posted data (e.g., positional coordinates and field data). The focus of this data posting is bird capture, health, and telemetry data initially collected along Gulf of Mexico shorelines and Atlantic coast reference sites. Data from over 900 birds were gathered from June 2010 through September 2013 and are included in this publication. These observations were collected during three studies conducted as part of the NRDA investigations agreed to and executed cooperatively by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), other Trustees, and BP. This dataset includes data associated with: Capture and health observations including date, location, species, behavior, condition, and telemetry identification information. Telemetry observations including date and location of relocations, and, for birds that died during the study, recovery information. Sampling variations may exist across observers, methods, locations, and times.