Historic Bird and Wildlife Records Observed by Guy Waterman in Vermont, USA (1974-1998)

Sampling event
Latest version published by Vermont Center for Ecostudies on Apr 4, 2025 Vermont Center for Ecostudies
Publication date:
4 April 2025
License:
CC0 1.0

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Description

This data set consists of daily records of birds and other wildlife from Guy Waterman’s cabin in Corinth, Vermont, recorded from 1974-1998 (24 years). It was transcribed from scans of his original records kept by the Rauner Library Archives and Manuscripts Repository at Dartmouth College.

Data Records

The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 5,800 records.

1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Event (core)
5800
Occurrence 
52359

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Waterman G, Massa M, McFarland K (2025). Historic Bird and Wildlife Records Observed by Guy Waterman in Vermont, USA (1974-1998). Version 1.0. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.vtatlasoflife.org/resource?r=barra_birds&v=1.0

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Vermont Center for Ecostudies. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 9daa591f-4ea3-45e9-8603-2d21c7b3ff42.  Vermont Center for Ecostudies publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.

Keywords

Samplingevent; Observation; Occurrence

Contacts

Guy Waterman
  • Originator
Megan Massa
  • Metadata Provider
  • Point Of Contact
Data Manager
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
PO Box 420
Norwich
Vermont
US
Kent McFarland
  • Metadata Provider
  • Point Of Contact
Conservation Biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
PO Box 420
Norwich
Vermont
US
Dartmouth University
Hanover
New Hampshire
US

Geographic Coverage

All observations were recorded at the Watermans' homestead in Corinth, VT, located at Parcel ID 110-00351 in Corinth, VT.

Bounding Coordinates South West [44.069, -72.247], North East [44.077, -72.229]

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1974-11-06 / 1998-07-29

Sampling Methods

For each date with data, Guy Waterman, and sometimes guests, recorded all birds seen or heard, as well as other wildlife. Guy recorded these on hand-written paper charts.

Study Extent All observations were recorded at the Watermans' homestead in Corinth, VT, located at Parcel ID 110-00351 in Corinth, VT.

Method step description:

  1. Presence-only daily checklists of species.

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Waterman, L., & Waterman, G. (1971). Guy and Laura Waterman papers, 1971-2007. ML-106. Rauner Library Archives and Manuscripts. https://search.library.dartmouth.edu/permalink/01DCL_INST/16rgcn8/alma991007068089705706.

Additional Metadata