Data
All data used in this project derives from my analysis of eBird checklists, including information requested from the eBird Basic Dataset and through use of the rebird API. This information is not publicly available, but access to download files or use the API can be requested on the download page.
Story
The following sources were consulted to create the written portion of this story.
All About Birds
Chicago Piping Plovers
Chicago Tribune
eBird
Macaulay Library
Monty & Rose: The Story of Chicago's Piping Plovers
New Hampshire Department of Fish and Game
A special thank you to Tamima Itani, for taking the time to speak with me and allowing me to interview her for this project, as well as for all her efforts with Chicago Piping Plovers.
Media
The images and audio in the introduction section about piping plovers are courtesy of the All About Birds, as are the images used in the pop-ups for the scatterplot.
All additional images used are from the Macaulay Library. The original photographers of these photos are Ben Kerstetter, Don Coons, Emma England, Forest Botial-Jarvis, Matthew Dolkart, Max Kelly, and Tamima Itani.
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