birdnames = """\
Common Teal
Long-tailed Duck
Little Grebe
Albatross
Flamingo
Heron
Stork
Shoebill
Vulture
Bald Eagle""".splitlines()

states = """Kentucky
Missouri
Kansas
Maine
Michigan
New York""".splitlines()


print states
print birdnames

import random, datetime
def generate_random_day(year):
    doy = int(random.gauss(200, 50))
    doy = min(doy, 365)
    doy = max(doy, 1)
    datestr = "%s %s" % (doy, year)
    date = datetime.datetime.strptime(datestr, "%j %Y")
    new_date = date.strftime("%B %d")
    return new_date.lower()

generate_random_day(2013)

def generate_random_observation():
    bird = random.choice(birdnames).lower()
    state = random.choice(states).lower()
    day = generate_random_day(2013)
    return (bird, state, day)

bird, state, day = generate_random_observation()
print bird + '/' + state + '/' + day

import csv
fp = file('long-birds.csv', 'w')
w = csv.writer(fp)

for i in range(10000):
    row = generate_random_observation()
    w.writerow(row)
fp.close()

list(open('long-birds.csv'))[:10]

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