From a 500-row sample across 12 columns.
dateshifthectaredateshifthectare| hectare | shift | date | note_squirrel_park_stories | story_topic_squirrel | story_topic_park_experience | story_topic_other_animals | story_topic_other | story_topic_census_takers | story_topic_squirrels_acting |
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| 01A | PM | 10142018 | Observed a squirrel with a cache of peanuts that he was eating. Strangely, none of the other squirrels were eating those peanuts. | true | — | — | — | — | — |
| 01A | AM |
The machine field names SoQL needs, with the publisher's own description of each.
| Field | Type | Description | Null | Values |
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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 | 0% | 29B29D37B |
shift | categorical | Value is either "AM" or "PM," to communicate whether the sighting session occurred in the morning or late afternoon. | 0% | PMAMof 2 |
date | categorical | Concatenation of the sighting session month, day, and year (MMDDYYYY). | 0% | 101320181007201810142018of 16 |
note_squirrel_park_stories | text | Copy notated by sighter while observing hectare | 0% |
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| 10182018 |
| Lots of pedestrians and vehicular traffic, food vendors, bike rental guys, city workers doing something with the fountain in Columbus Circle, but not a squirrel to be seen. A bike rental worker telling prospective customers about Central Park, "... 21 playgrounds, three restaurants ..." — no quote on the number of squirrels, not yet! |
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| 01A | PM | 10202018 | Three of the pedicab drivers (14 pedicabs lined up) put out mats to pray. White Rolls Royce and stretch limo waiting for bridal party. Lots of birds bathing in the fountains in Columbus Circle. | — | true | — | — | — | — |
| 01A | AM | 10072018 | Squirrels were in surrounding grass areas/trees. Almost none on concrete/sidewalk/road area. There is a large pigeon population on the Maine Monument, so this may be deterring squirrels from leaving grassy area. | true | true | true | Birds | — | — |
| 01B | AM | 10122018 | "SQUIRREL APALOOZA" 6+7 were playing on tree trunk Nests spotted: 111 [?] Squirrel #11: There was a bag of nuts or trail mix under a tree - pigeons were eating at it - squirrel would come up + fight pigeons off, get a nut + go eat it a bit away. Pigeons come back, squirrel finishes nut, then goes back to bag + fights them off again - repeat | true | — | — | — | — | — |
| 01B | PM | 10132018 | Counted 10 squirrels of different varieties. Mostly brown cinnamon with gray tails. What are the chances for running into two Norwegian tourists who love squirrels. They would have volunteered except they leave for Norway tomorrow. Weather is cool and cloudy. | true | true | — | — | true | — |
| 01C | AM | 10122018 | The squirrels around here were running very fast through the grass. They even chased some. I felt as if the squirrels were more aggressive in this part than in the other part. [this person writes squirrels like ‘squares’] | true | — | — | — | — | — |
| 01C | PM | 10132018 | Squirrels #1 and #4 interacted. Squirrels #8 and #9 very red. Bird poop -----> | true | — | — | — | — | — |
| 01D | AM | 10062018 | A couple walked by to feed squirrel 7. Squirrel 6 would find a round object on the ground, like a nut, and tumbled/rolled around with it. | — | — | — | — | — | true |
| 01D | AM | 10182018 | Acorns on the ground in this partly shaded area but no squirrels and hardly any birds. Why? Oh, the parks worker using the leaf blower, raking, and mowing the grass. What sensible small would not stay away? “Good morning, sorry about all of the dust,“ from the parks worker – a female whose gender was before undetectable under her uniform, goggles, and face mask. | — | true | true | Birds | true | — |
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story_topic_squirrel | boolean | This tag indicates sighter wrote down story that dealt primarily with squirrels and their experience of the park. | 50% | Trueof 1 |
story_topic_park_experience | boolean | This tag indicates sighter (or “Census taker”) wrote down story about other park goer(s) or their own experience in the park. | 42% | Trueof 1 |
story_topic_dogs | boolean | This tag indicates sighter noted story about dogs they observed. | 80% | Trueof 1 |
story_topic_other_animals | boolean | This tag indicates sighter noted observations about other animals in the park. | 83% | Trueof 1 |
story_topic_accidental_poems | boolean | This tag indicates a note from sighter that read, to the Census team, like short poems about the park. | 92% | Trueof 1 |
story_topic_squirrels_acting | boolean | This tag indicates a note from sighter about squirrels that read, to the Census team, as odd or unusual squirrel behavior. | 97% | Trueof 1 |
story_topic_census_takers | boolean | 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). | 96% | Trueof 1 |
story_topic_other | categorical | Random, uncategorized stories were filed here. | 88% | BirdsCyclistsBirdwatchersof 18 |