Dataset
2018 Central Park Squirrel Census - Stories
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About
The Squirrel Census (https://www.thesquirrelcensus.com/) is a multimedia science, design, and storytelling project focusing on the Eastern gray (Sciurus carolinensis). They count squirrels and present their findings to the public. This table contains stories, observations, and notes written on tally sheets by Squirrel Sighters during the Census. Individual stories have been tagged with common story themes, such as “squirrel experience,” “park experience,” “dogs,” “other animals,” “accidental poems,” and “squirrels acting odd.”
Cite as: The Squirrel Census. 2018 Central Park Squirrel Census - Stories. https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/gfqj-f768
- Publisher
- City of New York
- Tier
- Official
- Covers
- not stated
- Places
- New York City
- Updated
- never
- Last modified
- 2019-10-15
- Units
- not stated
- License
- NYC Open Data Terms of Use
- Method
- https://www.thesquirrelcensus.com/
Columns
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| story_topic_other | text | Random, uncategorized stories were filed here. |
| story_topic_squirrels_acting | checkbox | This tag indicates a note from sighter about squirrels that read, to the Census team, as odd or unusual squirrel behavior. |
| story_topic_park_experience | checkbox | This tag indicates sighter (or “Census taker”) wrote down story about other park goer(s) or their own experience in the park. |
| story_topic_other_animals | checkbox | This tag indicates sighter noted observations about other animals in the park. |
| note_squirrel_park_stories | text | Copy notated by sighter while observing hectare |
| story_topic_accidental_poems | checkbox | This tag indicates a note from sighter that read, to the Census team, like short poems about the park. |
| hectare | text | ID tag, which is derived from the hectare grid used to divide and count the park area. One axis that runs predominantly north-to-south is numerical (1-42), and the axis that runs predominantly east-to-west |
| shift | text | Value is either "AM" or "PM," to communicate whether the sighting session occurred in the morning or late afternoon. |
| story_topic_census_takers | checkbox | This tag indicates a sighter (or “Census taker”) recorded a story about being recognized as part of the Central Park Squirrel Census by other park goer(s). |
| story_topic_dogs | checkbox | This tag indicates sighter noted story about dogs they observed. |
| story_topic_squirrel | checkbox | This tag indicates sighter wrote down story that dealt primarily with squirrels and their experience of the park. |
| date | text | Concatenation of the sighting session month, day, and year (MMDDYYYY). |