Ray UR No data, no problem.

This blog that I wrote earlier this semester when I came to a road block in my project, but never got around to publishing.

 I have been waiting to post a blog after I had received some data on my IRP. However, finding surveys and information on the Roseate Spoonbill has proven to be more difficult than expected. 
Since I remember seeing these birds in the Timucuan Ecological Preserve North of Jacksonville, I thought it could look through bird surveys that have been taken in that area.  Bird survey’s are conducted about once every month at multiple locations in the park. Every time a species of bird is spotted a count is taken, its coordinates are recorded on a gps along with a general description of the bird, like if it is a juvenile or adult. Unfortunately, most bird surveys are raw data recorded on a piece of paper, and sometimes never put into an actual database. This is exactly the type of data I was sent when I made my request. 

  First I had to find out what the abbreviation was for the Roseate Spoonbill, and then I had to hand pick my locations. Even though I know the area pretty well it was hard finding the surveys location for the marsh that I had in mind. Plus, I would need to go through years of these kind of surveys. This process is not going to work, not with the amount of time I have to complete my project. I will continuing to try and find a more organized database. I may have to reach out to the professionals..