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Virginia ESI: NESTS (Nest Points)
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2005-12
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NOAA/NMFS/EDM
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Prepared by Research Planning, Inc., Columbia, South Carolina for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service, Office of Response and Restoration, Hazardous Materials Response Division, Seattle, Washington and NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office, Gloucester Point, Virginia.
This data set contains sensitive biological resource data for wading birds, shorebirds, raptors, diving birds, passerine birds, and gulls and terns in Virginia. Vector points in this data set represent bird nesting locations. Species-specific abundance, seasonality, status, life history, and source information are stored in relational data tables (described below) designed to be used in conjunction with this spatial data layer.This data set comprises a portion of the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) data for Virginia. ESI data characterize the marine and coastal environments and wildlife by their sensitivity to spilled oil. The ESI data include information for three main components: shoreline habitats, sensitive biological resources, and human-use resources. See also the BIRDS (Bird Polygons) data layer, part of the larger Virginia ESI database, for additional bird information.
The ESI data were collected, mapped, and digitized to provide environmental data for oil spill planning and response. The Clean Water Act with amendments by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 requires response plans for immediate and effective protection of sensitive resources.
This project was supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service, Office of Response and Restoration, Hazardous Materials Response Division, Seattle, Washington and NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office, Gloucester Point, Virginia.
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ESI Program Manager
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle
WA
98115
orr.esi@noaa.gov
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7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle
WA
98115
orr.esi@noaa.gov
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Cite As: Office of Response and Restoration, [Date of Access]: Virginia ESI: NESTS (Nest Points) [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/40602.
NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
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Access Constraints: None
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Use Constraints: DO NOT USE MAPS FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES.Besides the above warning, there are no use constraints on these data. Note that the ESI database should not be used to the exclusion of other pertinent data or information held by state or federal agencies or other organizations. Likewise, information contained in the database cannot be used in place of consultations with environmental, natural resource, and cultural resource agencies, or in place of field surveys. Recognize that the information contained in the ESI database represents known concentration areas or occurrences of natural, cultural, and human-use resources, but does not necessarily represent the full distribution or range of each species or resource. This is particularly important to recognize when considering potential impacts to protected resources, such as endangered species, wetlands, etc. Acknowledgment of the originators, publishers, contributors, and sources listed would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
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Distribution Liability: Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by NOAA regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. NOAA warrants the delivery of this product in computer-readable format, and will offer a replacement copy of the product when the product is determined unreadable by computer-input peripherals, or when the physical medium is delivered in damaged condition.
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The software packages used to develop the atlas are Environmental Systems Research Institute's ARC/INFO(r) (version 8.3) and SQL SERVER(r) (version 7.0). The hardware configuration is PC's with Windows Operating System (NT4.0/2000).The Spatial_Data_Organization Information section refers only to the source files in the ARC export format. The following files are included in that data set: birds.e00, esi.e00, fish.e00, habitats.e00, hydro.e00, index.e00, invert.e00, m_mammal.e00, mgt.e00, nests.e00, reptiles.e00, reptpt.e00, socecon.e00, t_mammal.e00, wetlands.e00. Associated relational and desktop data tables provided in Arc export and text format are bio_lut, biofile, biores, breed, breed_dt, seasonal, soc_dat, soc_lut, sources, species, and status.
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| Currentness: The biological data were compiled during 2004-2005. The currentness dates for the data range from 1977 to 2004 and are documented in the Lineage section.
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2017-08-08
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BIO_LUT
2017-08-08
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BIORES
2017-08-08
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SPECIES
2017-08-08
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SEASONAL
2017-08-08
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BREED
2017-08-08
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SOURCES
2017-08-08
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STATUS
2017-08-08
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ESI Program Manager
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle
WA
98115
orr.esi@noaa.gov
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Accuracy
A multi-stage error checking process is used to verify both attribute accuracy and logical consistency throughout data production. The process includes a standardized data entry methodology, hardcopy data review by in-house and external resource experts, a final Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) process, and multiple automated logical consistency checks. Quantitative data (such as densities, counts, abundances, or concentrations) provided by resource experts for inclusion in the data set may vary widely in attribute accuracy, depending upon the methodology used to collect and compile such data. For a more detailed evaluation of source data attribute accuracy, contact the sources listed in the Lineage section.
Horizontal Positional Accuracy
Spatial components for the biological data layers can come from expert interviews, hardcopy, or digital sources. Most of the spatial components of the biological data layers are developed using regional experts who estimate concentration areas. It is difficult to estimate the positional accuracy of such data, except to state that they are compiled on hardcopy base maps with a scale of 1:24,000. Some of the spatial components of the biological data sets are developed from pre-existing digital or hardcopy sources and reflect the positional accuracy of these original data. See the Lineage and Process_Description sections for more information on the original data source and how these data were integrated or manipulated to create the final data set. Note that biological resource data by their very nature are considered "fuzzy", and this should be understood when considering the positional accuracy of vector digital objects representing these resources.
Completeness Report
These data represent a synthesis of bird nesting locations. See also the BIRDS (Bird Polygons) data layer, part of the larger Virginia ESI database, for additional bird information. These data do not necessarily represent all nest occurrences in Virginia. The following species are included in this data set: (Species_ID, Common Name, Scientific Name [n/a if not applicable]): 8, Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus; 38, Herring gull, Larus argentatus; 45, Common tern, Sterna hirundo; 54, Great blue heron, Ardea herodias; 76, Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus; 77, Osprey, Pandion haliaetus; 86, Least tern, Sterna antillarum; 87, Little blue heron, Egretta caerulea; 88, Great egret, Ardea alba; 89, Snowy egret, Egretta thula; 90, Black-crowned night-heron, Nycticorax nycticorax; 91, Glossy ibis, Plegadis falcinellus; 92, Great black-backed gull, Larus marinus; 93, Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis; 94, Tricolored heron, Egretta tricolor; 98, Laughing gull, Larus atricilla; 107, Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus; 115, White ibis, Eudocimus albus; 118, Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis; 120, Yellow-crowned night-heron, Nyctanassa violacea; 133, Black skimmer, Rynchops niger; 134, Gull-billed tern, Sterna nilotica; 135, Sandwich tern, Sterna sandvicensis; 136, Caspian tern, Sterna caspia; 137, Royal tern, Sterna maxima; 138, Forster's tern, Sterna forsteri; 142, Black-necked stilt, Himantopus mexicanus; 152, American oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus; 735, Brown-headed cowbird, Molothrus ater.
Conceptual Consistency
A multi-stage error checking process, described in the above Attribute_Accuracy_Report, is used to verify both attribute accuracy and logical consistency throughout data production. This process includes multiple automated logical consistency checks that test the files for missing or duplicate data, rules for proper coding, GIS topological consistencies (such as dangles, unnecessary nodes, etc.), and SQL SERVER(r) to ARC/INFO(r) consistencies. A final review is made by the GIS manager, where the data are written to CD-ROM and the metadata are written.After the data are delivered to NOAA, they are again subjected to a number of quality and consistency checks. In the process of checking for topological and database consistencies, new ID's and RARNUM's or HUNUM's are also generated. The new ID's are a combination of atlas number, element number, and record number. In addition, the value used to represent the element is modified to reflect the type of feature being mapped. In the case of an element that is normally represented by a point or polygon, a value of 20 is added to the standard element value for mapping of linear features. In the case where an element usually mapped as a polygon is represented by a point, a value of 30 is added to the regular element value. The RARNUM's are also modified to include the atlas number, so multiple atlases can be combined and RARNUM's remain unique. RARNUM's are redefined on an element basis, so "resource at risk" groupings will contain only a single element. HUNUM's are also modified to include the atlas number.
Three main sources of data were used to depict bird distribution and seasonality for this data layer: (1) personal interviews with resource experts from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF), College of William and Mary Center for Conservation Biology (CCB), and The Nature Conservancy (TNC); (2) published and unpublished documents and maps (dates range from 1992-2004); and (3) survey/location data in digital format (publication dates range from 1998-2004).The above digital and/or hardcopy sources were compiled by the project biologist to create the NESTS data layer. Depending on the type of source data, three general approaches are used for compiling a biology data layer: (1) information gathered during initial interviews and from hardcopy sources are compiled onto U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000 topographic quadrangles and digitized; (2) hardcopy maps are digitized at their source scale; (3) digital data layers are evaluated and used "as is" or integrated with the hardcopy data sources. See the Lineage section for additional information on the type of source data for this data layer. The compiled ESI, biology, and human-use data are plotted onto hardcopy draft maps. Following the delivery of draft maps to the participating resource experts, a second set of interviews is conducted to review the maps. If necessary, edits to the NESTS data layer are made based on the recommendations of the resource experts, and final hardcopy maps and digital data are created.
2005-05-01T00:00:00
Source Contribution: NESTS INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: DIGITAL VECTOR DATA | Type of Source Media: EMAIL
1998 SEASIDE LAGOON SURVEY RESULTS
1998-01-01
publication
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
1998
Source Contribution: NESTS INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: DIGITAL TABLE | Type of Source Media: EMAIL
2003 WINTER AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER ROOST SURVEY: SEASIDE-EASTERN SHORE-NOV.12-18
2004-01-01
publication
TRUITT, B., R. BOETTCHER, A. WILKE
2003
Source Contribution: NESTS INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: EXPERT KNOWLEDGE | Type of Source Media: PERSONAL COMMUNICATION
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER SEASONALITY
2004-01-01
publication
WILKE, A. (COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY CCB)
2004
Source Contribution: NESTS INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: DIGITAL TABLE | Type of Source Media: EMAIL
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER WINTER ROOST SURVEYS
2003-01-01
publication
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY (TNC), COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY CENTER FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGY (CCB), VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND INLAND FISHERIES (VDGIF)
2003
Source Contribution: NESTS INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: HARDCOPY TEXT | Type of Source Media: paper
BACK BAY NWR OSPREY NEST LOCATIONS
2004-01-01
publication
USFWS, VIRGINIA BEACH, VA
2004
Source Contribution: NESTS INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: HARDCOPY MAP | Type of Source Media: paper
24000
BALD EAGLE NESTS ACTIVE IN 2003
2003-01-01
publication
VA DEPT. OF GAME & INLAND FISHERIES
2003
Source Contribution: NESTS INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: HARDCOPY TEXT | Type of Source Media: paper
BIRDS: BACK BAY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
2003-01-01
publication
USFWS, VIRGINIA BEACH, VA
2003
Source Contribution: NESTS INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: HARDCOPY TEXT | Type of Source Media: paper
BIRDS: EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA AND FISHERMAN ISLAND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES
1992-01-01
publication
USFWS, CAPE CHARLES, VA
1992
Source Contribution: NESTS INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: DIGITAL MAP | Type of Source Media: EMAIL
BREEDING SURVEYS, BANDING, & PRODUCTIVITY OF AMOY'S ON THE BARRIER ISLANDS OF VA
2003-01-01
publication
WILKE, A. (COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY CCB)
2003
Source Contribution: NESTS INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: HARDCOPY TEXT | Type of Source Media: paper
CHESAPEAKE BAY BALD EAGLE FACT SHEET
1991-01-01
publication
USFWS, ANNAPOLIS, MD
1991
Source Contribution: NESTS INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: DIGITAL TABLE | Type of Source Media: EMAIL
COASTAL PEREGRINE FALCON COORDINATES
2003-01-01
publication
VA DEPT. OF GAME & INLAND FISHERIES
1977
2003
Source Contribution: NESTS INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: DIGITAL VECTOR DATA | Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
DIGITAL ATLAS OF COLONIAL WATERBIRDS IN COASTAL VIRGINIA: 2003 BREEDING SEASON
2004-01-01
publication
WATTS, B.D. & B.J. PAXTON
2003
Source Contribution: NESTS INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: EXPERT KNOWLEDGE | Type of Source Media: PERSONAL COMMUNICATION
DISTRIBUTION OF CHINCOTEAGUE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SPECIES
2004-01-01
publication
T. PENN, USFWS, CHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND
2004
Source Contribution: NESTS INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: EXPERT KNOWLEDGE | Type of Source Media: PERSONAL COMMUNICATION
DISTRIBUTION OF WILDLIFE ALONG THE EASTERN SHORE
2004-01-01
publication
BOETTCHER, R. (VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND INLAND FISHERIES [VDGIF], PAINTER)
2004
Source Contribution: NESTS INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: EXPERT KNOWLEDGE | Type of Source Media: PERSONAL COMMUNICATION
NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM DATA
2004-01-01
publication
FIELD, D. (VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION [DCR], WACHAPREAGUE)
2004
Source Contribution: NESTS INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: EXPERT KNOWLEDGE | Type of Source Media: EMAIL
SHOREBIRD SEASONALITY
2004-01-01
publication
TRUITT, B.
2004
Source Contribution: NESTS INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: EXPERT KNOWLEDGE | Type of Source Media: PERSONAL COMMUNICATION
SPECIES DISTRIBUTION AND SEASONALITY AT THE POTOMAC RIVER NWR COMPLEX
2004-01-01
publication
WITT, J. (WOODBRIDGE, VA)
2004
Source Contribution: NESTS INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: EXPERT KNOWLEDGE | Type of Source Media: PERSONAL COMMUNICATION
SPECIES DISTRIBUTION AT FISHERMANS ISLAND NWR
2004-01-01
publication
DENMON, P. (U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE [USFWS], CAPE CHARLES)
2004
Source Contribution: NESTS INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: HARDCOPY TEXT | Type of Source Media: paper
USFWS CHINCOTEAGUE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE BIRDS
1999-01-01
publication
USFWS, CHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND, VA
1999
Source Contribution: NESTS INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: HARDCOPY MAP | Type of Source Media: paper
41292
WRECK ISLAND BIRD COLONIES 2003
2004-01-01
publication
VA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM
2003