vector digital data This data set shows the locations where crested caracaras were observed in Florida from 1992-2016. The occurrence points include observation locations. The crested caracara (Polyborus plancus audubonii) is a resident, diurnal, and non-migratory species that occurs in Florida as well as the southwestern U.S. and Central America. Only the Florida population, which is isolated from the remainder of the species, is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. This large long-lived raptor breeds from September through June with the primary season being November through April. Caracaras prefer to nest in cabbage palms (Sabal palmetto) surrounded by open habitats with low ground cover and low density of tall or shrubby vegetation in Florida. To document observation locations of crested caracaras in Florida. -82.453858 -80.333400 28.458536 26.025612 None Crested Caracara Nest Endangered Species Act Bird Species Threatened observation Avian None The Florida Geographic Data Library is a collection of Geospatial Data compiled by the University of Florida GeoPlan Center with support from the Florida Department of Transportation. GIS data available in FGDL is collected from various state, federal, and other agencies (data sources) who are data stewards, producers, or publishers. The data available in FGDL may not be the most current version of the data offered by the data source. University of Florida GeoPlan Center makes no guarantees about the currentness of the data and suggests that data users check with the data source to see if more recent versions of the data exist. Furthermore, the GIS data available in the FGDL are provided 'as is'. 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USFWS South Florida Ecological Services Office Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.7.1.11595 GeoPlan received the data in December 2020 from the USFWS South Florida Ecological Services Office (Shana DiPalma). http://www.fws.gov/verobeach/ - The data was in the FGDL Albers projected coordinate system. -delete fields: objectid, latitude, longitude, consultant, project, year_x, year_y - Renamed the dataset from caracara_observations.shp to caracara_obs_dec16.shp - Upcased all fields. - Added a SPECIES field based on the scientific species name. - Added a COMMONNAME field based on the common name of the species. - Added a DESCRIPT field based on the common name of the species. - Added FGDLAQDATE based on date FGDL acquired the data 20200329 Vector Entity point 412 NAD 1983 HARN Florida GDL Albers 24.0 31.5 -84.0 24.0 400000.0 0.0 coordinate pair 0.0001 0.0001 meter D North American 1983 HARN GRS 1980 6378137.0 298.257222101 CARACARA_OBS_DEC16 Producer Defined OBJECTID Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. Esri Coordinates defining the features. SPECIES Species name GeoPlan COMMONNAME Common name GeoPlan Year Year of observation USFWS County County USFWS Notes Notes USFWS Type Obervation Type USFWS NEST Indicates if observation is a nest USFWS OBSERVER Oberver name USFWS STATUS Status USFWS LONG_ SOURCETHM Source data name USFWS LAT Latitude USFWS CRCA_AGE Life cycle stage of bird USFWS DATE_ Date of observation USFWS TIME Time of observation USFWS ID Id of observation USFWS LINK Link LINK2 Link 2 LINK3 Link 3 X X coordinate LAT_DD Latitude in decimal degrees. GeoPlan LONG_DD Longitude in decimal degrees. GeoPlan MGRS Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) Coordinate of the Facility. The MGRS is the geocoordinate standard used by NATO militaries for locating points on the earth. The MGRS provides a means to represent any location on the surface of the Earth using an alphanumeric string. Hierarchical references are based on the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinate system. The MGRS is used for the entire earth. http://mgrs-data.org/ GeoPlan GOOGLEMAP Webpage hyperlink to location in Google Maps. GeoPlan DESCRIPT GeoPlan added field. All values calculated to AUDUBON'S CRESTED CARACARA GeoPlan FGDLAQDATE Date FGDL obtained data from source. GeoPlan AUTOID 20200402 FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 local time