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  • A feeding table with rice and half-cut oranges that are yellow. Over head are two hooks with banana bunches. There is also a nectar hanging. A Rufous motmot (large yellow-green, blue bird) is perched in the front right corner o the table. A gray-headed chachalaca (large gray-brown bird) is perched on a vine that runs horizontally across the screen. The backdrop are large green leaves and a couple tree trunks.
    June 23, 2021Battling Birds: Panama Findings Are In!

    When it comes to foraging at a feeder in Panama, the bigger the bird, the higher it is in the social pecking order The Bird Cams Lab community joined forces with Cornell Lab of Ornithology researcher Dr. Eliot Miller to…

  • An illustration of a Rufous Motmot battling a Chestnut-headed Oropendola.
    December 8, 2020Battling Birds: Panama Edition Launches

    Join the Bird Cams Lab community in the newest investigation, Battling Birds: Panama Edition. Just like the first Battling Birds investigation, we want to learn more about what birds are doing at a feeder. However, this time we’ll virtually be…

  • A feeding table with rice and half-cut oranges that are yellow. Over head are two hooks with banana bunches. There is also a nectar hanging. A Rufous motmot (large yellow-green, blue bird) is perched in the front right corner o the table. A gray-headed chachalaca (large gray-brown bird) is perched on a vine that runs horizontally across the screen. The backdrop are large green leaves and a couple tree trunks.
    June 23, 2021Battling Birds: Panama Edition Final Report

    Summary Inspired by community interest in previous Bird Cams Lab investigations about aggressive interactions between birds at feeders, we collaborated with Dr. Eliot Miller to learn more about the social relationships among the birds seen on the Panama Fruit Feeder…

  • Illustration of a blue jay flying to a feeder where other bird species, like the black-capped chickadee, are perched.
    August 24, 2019Battling Birds: From Zooniverse to Here

    What actually goes on at your backyard bird feeder? Do the birds get along or do they fight? If you take a moment to watch your feeder, you might notice that it isn’t just peace and harmony, but some birds…

  • Illustration of a blue jay flying to a feeder where other bird species, like the black-capped chickadee, are perched.
    February 5, 2019Battling Birds Data Collection Is Complete!

    In under a month, over 2,000 contributors classified over 10,000 clips! That’s more than 75,000 classifications! We did not expect the community to be so passionate about the project. Thank you to everyone that has become a part of the…

  • July 13, 2018An Exciting Question, and a Look Ahead

    After weeks of brainstorming, sorting, and discussing questions, we now have a winning question to investigate, based on more than 100 votes cast. Out of the seven proposed questions, the runaway winner was “Do the hawks use different kinds of…

  • A male pileated woodpecker is in the middle on a suet feeder and a male northern cardinal is perch below and to its left looking up. There is a feeder table with seeds below the pilated woodpecker, a feeder tue to its left, and other animal critter feeders hung around the edges of the screenshot.
    February 9, 2021A New Investigation!

    We’re launching the next Bird Cams Lab investigation, Cornell Feeders Live, and you’re invited! Join us to watch the Cornell FeederWatch cam, located just outside the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and learn more about the birds that visit the feeders….