eBird Parse Code

This python script extracts records from the eBird Basic Dataset (2015) without having to load the entire text file. Records can be extracted by state, species, and year (or any combination).

##Developer Scott Anderson

North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission

[email protected]

919.707.0139

##To Do

• implement command line arguments (currently have to modify temp_argv variable)

##Arguments Syntax: parse_ebird_records.py ebd_file_path [State] [Species] [Years]

• ebd_file_path
  • the file path to the eBird Basic Dataset
  • e.g., J:\ebird_data\ebd_relMay-2015\ebd_relMay-2015.txt
• State(s):
  • st=NC
  • st=NC,VA,SC
• Species:
  • spp=BACS
  • spp=BACS,WOTH,AMRE
• Year(s):
  • yrs=2002
  • yrs=2003,2005
  • yrs=2003-2010

##Literature eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relMay-2015. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. May 2015.