I ended up ditching the bat data; it was too widespread, and difficult to prep; I want to try and pick it back up later in the semester. For now, I am working with data of North American predator population from NERC Center for Population Biology, plotting the data over time (how far back in time depends on the state) and in space over a map, wherein silhouettes of the animals will grow and shrink depending on population size- mouse over will display population estimate. The data will represent relations between black bear, coyote, fox and cougar habitats and population in the United States over time. The data has been prepped and put into .csv documents, and the visuals are planned out, code is maybe 35% done.