Piping plover & Tern on-line data entry system

Shorebird cooperators that monitor Piping Plovers, Terns, Laughing Gulls and Black Skimmers can complete state census forms through a web portal.

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This system is design to be used by organizations and individuals who are working with MassWildlife to monitor coastal waterbirds in Massachusetts. If you are a cooperator and do not already have an account, contact the NHESP for a login and password.

How to report Piping plover & Tern on-line data entry system

Cooperators can log in to complete census forms for Piping Plovers and Terns, Laughing Gulls and Black Skimmers: https://piplodes.massaudubon.org/home.php

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Major benefits of this system include:

Increases efficiency of data submission by shorebird cooperators
Allows monitors throughout the state to submit census form data online via a structured submission process
Creates census form documentation for the state based on a normalized set of inputs, enabling standardized reporting and new analytics
Improves quality of quantitative and qualitative census data submitted by monitors on the census form and imported to the state database
Facilitates the analysis of state-wide census data