The Field Guide

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Before you can solve the mystery, you must inspect the evidence. Open Tableau and drag the fields onto the canvas to understand the data types, look for anomalies, and analyze timelines.

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A vintage map of the Palm Valley Road area, with a magnifying glass, and two index cards for recording field data, one with a flamingo illustration, and the other with blank lines for latitude, longitude, date, and ID on a wooden surface.

  • This data source reflects sales at a local store. Have folks purchased pink flamingos lately?

  • This social media has some interesting posts from neighbors. Are folks posting about flamingos?

  • This data source shows flamingos appearing in the neighborhood and disappearing. Sometimes they congregate on a particular lawn.