The wader package provides functions to retrieve and summarize the Everglades Wading Bird Project data. The data begin in 1986 (though earlier data are available from other sources) and are continuously updated today.
You can install wader from github with:
# install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("weecology/wader")
- Download data repo:
download_observations(".")
- Load a data table
maxcounts <- load_datafile("Indicators/max_count_all.csv", download_if_missing = TRUE)
- Plot indicator data
plot_foraging()
plot_coastal()
plot_initiation()
plot_supercolony()
The data repo contains metadata and data collection methods.