FBB STATIONARY DATA SUBMISSION CHECKLIST

1. Open Kaleidoscope Pro (KPro) and follow the steps listed in Processing Stationary Point Surveys. Additional guidance and information required for EUFL regulatory survey submission can be found below.

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2. In the Batch tab of KPro, select a "Raw" data deployment folder as the single detector deployment for your Input directory. Your Output directory is the corresponding "Processed" folder. All data submitted for FBB regulatory surveys must be in WAV file format.

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3. Proceed with guidance listed in Processing Stationary Point Surveys to embed required metadata to "Processed" .wav files. Additional specifications and information required for FBB regulatory survey submission can be found below.

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FBB SPECIFICATIONS FOR EMBEDDING AUDIO FILES:

When embedding Survey Start/End Time metadata to audio files reference the beginning and ending detector activation time. If detector starts recording late, then start time should be listed as the date and time from the first file recorded. If a detector stops recording early (e.g., due to battery failure), the end time should be listed as the date and time of the last file recorded. Note such incidents in the Unusual Occurrences metadata field. Adjust times as necessary for each detector/deployment (i.e., do not just use the same full survey time for all batches unless detectors were all active for that full time). Use the formatting yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss (e.g., “2020-07-15T21:30:00”). For Land Unit Code, use the first 4 letters of the county where the survey was conducted (same code as used in project name; see Table 1).

FBB SPECIFICATIONS FOR SIGNAL PARAMETERS:

Under the Signal Params tab, A = 8-120 kHz; B = 2-50 ms; C = 500 ms; D = 2, Figure 3 (this selection differs from typical NABat processing guidance)​​

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​​Figure 3. The appropriate signal detection parameters to use when processing acoustic files in KPro for EUFL regulatory surveys. These include, A) 8-120 (KHz) Minimum and Maximum Frequency Range, B) 2-50 (ms) Minimum and Maximum Length of Detected Pulses, C) 500 (ms) Maximum Inter-Syllable Gap, and D) 2 Minimum Number of Pulses. 

EUFL SPECIFICATIONS FOR AUTO ID FOR BATS:

Under the Auto ID for Bats tab, select Bats of North America from the Classifiers drop-down menu. Select + O Balanced (Neutral) (this selection differs from typical NABat processing guidance). From the drop-down menu at the top right and select Florida from the drop-down menu below the list of species. Manually add or remove species based on your survey's selected/created NABat species lists used for Auto Id and for Manual Id. ​​​​​

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In KPro, files auto-identified as CORTOW represent calls from CORRAF, as these two species are considered acoustically indistinguishable (CORTOW does not occur in Florida). CORRAF is not an option in the Kaleidoscope species list, so CORTOW should be checked for data processing.

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While Kaleidoscope includes both LASBOR and LASSEM as options for the species classifier, only select LASBOR for the KPro classifier. Files auto-identified as LASBOR represent calls that could be either of these two Lasiurus species, as they are considered acoustically indistinguishable. Including both species will result in a greater number of NoID files. When manually vetting for these species, you will use LABOLASE. ​​

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Before selecting Process Files, confirm the settings in the Signal Params tab are appropriate for EUFL surveys (Figure 3).

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