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  • 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!

    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.

    For this investigation, we’ll work together to identify what question we want to answer and…

  • Pictures of the video clips in the top of the screenshot and then a bar with red-orange coloring showing we are 31% done. The number of volunteers and the number of classifications is also shown.
    February 5, 2021Data Collection Takes Off!

    Last week marked the beginning data collection for Battling Birds: Panama Edition on Zooniverse, and we’re thrilled by the turnout so far. On Thursday, 446 people tuned in for a live conversation about the project with Bird Cams Lab staff…

  • A crested oropendola looks down on a rufous motmot on the panama fruit feeder cam. the feeding table is filled with bananas and oranges.
    January 28, 2021Join Us For A Live Conversation About Battling Birds: Panama Edition

     

    Join the Bird Cams Lab staff TODAY at 12:00 PM ET in a live Q&A discussion. We’ll highlight the most recent investigation with the Panama Fruit Feeder cam, Battling Birds: Panama Edition, and how you can get involved by collecting…

  • A screenshot of the first question in the data collection tool on Zooniverse. A video player is on the left and the task is on the right. The first question is
    January 27, 2021It’s Time To Collect Data!

    The day has come that many of you have long been anticipating: it’s time to collect data! The research team has cut clips from archived Panama Fruit Feeder cam footage and many of you have helped us test run the…

  • On the lefthand side is a videofeed in which there is a small bright blue-green bird perched on a feeding table in front of green vegetation. On the right is buttons and a question to illustrate the data collection protocol.
    January 21, 2021Test Run Data Collection for Battling Birds: Panama Edition!

    Thanks to the community discussions and feedback, we’ve finished designing a protocol for data collection. This protocol will allow participants to record the essential information that we’ll need to investigate the social rankings of birds at the feeder and evaluate…

  • A visual of the voting results with teach piece of information ranked from most to least interesting. The information at the top is highlighted in yellow and it progressively becomes more red as it is positioned more towards the bottom. In order from most to least interesting to participants: type of displacement, presence or type of food on the feeder, number of individuals of each species, size of each species in the displacement, where target of the displacement goes, weather, sex of dimorphic species, and color of each species in the displacement.
    January 13, 2021Results In Hand, Data Collection Right Around The Corner

    Two Collared Aracaris on the Panama Fruit Feeder after each displaced a Chestnut-headed Oropendola. Clip cut by Bird Cams Lab participant Rysx.

    After weeks of discussion on the Wonder Board and a live webinar with Dr. Eliot Miller and Bird Cams…

  • A gif of a Flame-rumped tanager displacing a Crimson-backed tanager on the Panama Fruit Feeder cam.
    December 22, 2020It’s Time To Take A Vote

    It’s time to choose what data we will focus on and collect for the Battling Birds: Panama Edition. In the past couple weeks, cam viewers have teamed up with Dr. Eliot Miller to determine how to understand how birds battle…

  • A screenshot of the Panama Fruit Feeder cam with a Rufous Motmot posed on it. In the top right corner is a screenshot of Dr. Eliot Miller from the webinar.
    December 16, 2020Live From Bird Cams Lab: Webinar Discussion With Dr. Eliot Miller

    On December 14, 126 people tuned in for a fun and interesting discussion with Cornell Lab researcher Dr. Eliot Miller and the Bird Cams staff about the newest Bird Cams Lab investigation, Battling Birds: Panama Edition. They highlighted what the…

  • Gray-headed Chachalaca on the Panama Fruit Feder cam with text with information about the webinar
    December 11, 2020Tune Into A Live Conversation With Dr. Eliot Miller

    Tune in to learn more about the birds on the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Panama Fruit Feeder cam and Bird Cams Lab’s newest scientific investigation that is already underway!

    We’ll be talking with Dr. Eliot Miller, a researcher at the Cornell…

  • 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 screenshot of the data collection screen for the Battling Birds data collection on Zooniverse.
    December 7, 2020The Data Tool: Zooniverse

    To figure out what’s going on between the birds on the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Panama Fruit Feeder cam, we will be using Zooniverse’s video tagging tool to collect data from recorded video footage. Zooniverse is a free, easy-to-use online…

  • A photo of Dr. Eliot Mille standing on a hillside among dry grass.
    December 3, 2020Welcome Dr. Miller!

    We’re about to launch Battling Birds: Panama Edition, our next investigation around the Panama Fruit Feeder cam with Dr. Eliot Miller. He is the Collections Development Manager for the Cornell Lab’s Macaulay Library, and has previously researched the social lives…