Resources for Songbird Monitoring Programs

PRBO's protocols, data structures, field data forms, and programs for data management, synthesis, and visualization

Point Count

Instructions and metadata

field methods:

general overview (Ralph et al.'93)

recommendations from Ralph, Droege and Sauer (1995)

PRBO specifics - updated 5/15/2003

point count vegetation assessment:

overview (Ralph et al.'93)

PRBO specifics

data structure:

point count data structure metadata

Data Forms

fixed radius: point count data form

variable radius: variable circular plot form with more bands

variable circular plot form with fewer bands

point count vegetation (releve) form: point count vegetation form

Online Data Entry and Management

register to use online data entry

go to online data pages

Tables (.dbfs): To download empty data tables, right click and save to preferred location.

point count data: pc.dbf

point count vegetation data: pcveg1.dbf and pcveg2.dbf

Programs - current version is 2.85, last updated 03/06/2007

pointcnt v.2.85 : pointcnt.fxp

old version of pointcnt (for VFP3.x) : pointcnt.fxp

stand-alone (v.2.85) : pointcnt.exe (does not include runtime version of foxpro)

full install (VFP8 version - for WinXP) : setup.exe (Includes pointcnt.exe v.2.85, pc.dbf, Foxpro 8.0 runtime files

pointcount vegetation summary program (VFP8 version - for WinXP - last revision 3/12/07) : pcvegsum.fxp

Old versions - for Win98 and Win95 machines:

full install (VFP3 version - does not run on WinXP!) : prbopcinstall.zip (Includes pointcnt.exe v. 2.75, pc.dbf, Foxpro 3.0 runtime.

instructions for full install