Recent Updates

  • A screenshot of the data collection tool with Big Red and the three nestlings in view.
    June 11, 2020Let’s reach the finish line!

    Thank you to everyone who has collected data for Hawk Happenings. Over 270 people have made over 7,100 observations! We’re so excited to see the community coming together to learn more about hawk behavior.

    But we’re not done yet! We’re in…

  • A screenshot of Big Red feeding the three hawk nestlings and an overlay of the staff videos from the webinar
    October 27, 2020Live From Bird Cams Lab: A Fun and Lively Discussion

    On October 21 more than 100 people tuned in for an engaging discussion about the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Red-tailed Hawk cam and Hawk Happenings, a Bird Cams Lab investigation. As one of the hosts, I was thrilled that so…

  • Against a white background is the Cornell Lab of Ornithology logo at the top (the name and a sapsucker illustration flying). In the middle is the title of the webinar,
    June 17, 2021Live From Bird Cams Lab: A Webinar About What Goes On At The Cornell Feeders

    On June 16, 164 people tuned in for an engaging hour all about the Cornell FeederWatch cam. Bird Cams staff showed where the cam is located at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and shared two of our favorite clips from…

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    February 25, 2021Live From Bird Cams Lab: Birds, Feeders, And Science

    On February 23, 244 people tuned in to learn more about the newest Bird Cams Lab investigation, Cornell Feeders Live, and the cam it’s based on, the Cornell FeederWatch cam. Bird Cams staff highlighted discussions on the Wonder Board and…

  • A screenshot taken from the Panama Fruit Feeder of a Gray-cowled Wood-Rail perched on the left side of the feeding table. There are bananas and other pieces of fruit on the feeder. Backdrop is lush green leaves and vines. There are four screenshots of the four speakers in the top right corner.
    April 16, 2021Live From Bird Cams Lab: Understanding Food Fights

    On April 14, 106 people tuned in and shared their questions and thoughts with Cornell Lab researcher Dr. Eliot Miller and the Bird Cams staff about the most recent findings from the Battling Birds: Panama Edition investigation. The researchers highlighted…

  • A screenshot of the welcome screen displayed at the beginning of the Panama Live webinar
    September 16, 2020Live from Bird Cams Lab: Virtual Event Uncovers the Lives of Tropical Feeder Birds

    Over 100 people tuned in to join the Bird Cams staff on September 10th in a free virtual event, “Panama Live: Uncovering The Lives Of Tropical Feeder Birds.” In the course of an hour, we watched video clips of six…

  • 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…

  • June 19, 2018Live from the Bird Cams Lab: Our First Q&A Session

    On June 15, 17 participants joined our Bird Cams staff for our very first live Q&A session online. We connected through a link to a Zoom webinar, and because it was our first time using this tool, our team was…

  • September 19, 2019Live from the Bird Cams Lab: Q&A Session about Battling Birds Data Visualizations

    On September 17, participants in Battling Birds joined our Bird Cams staff in a discussion about the different data visualizations created from the first round of data collection. The one-hour live Q&A was fueled by participants’ ideas and questions from…

  • February 5, 2020Live from the Bird Cams Lab: Q&A Session about Hawk Talk Data Visualizations

    Red-tailed Hawk cam viewers and Hawk Talk participants joined the Bird Cams Lab team on February 3rd to discuss the project’s preliminary findings. 

    Charles Eldermire, the Project Leader, kicked things off by welcoming everyone and orienting them to the Zoom tool…

  • A bar chart showing the percent chance of a prey delivery across the hours of a day. The highest percent chance is about 75% in hour 7 and 8.
    October 13, 2020Nestlings snack all day on the prey delivered in the morning or afternoon

    Last week we released the first set of visualizations that looked at participants’ sampling effort and the first behavior we studied: vocalizations. This week we dive into the other intriguing and fun-to-watch behaviors: feedings, prey deliveries, and three nestling-specific ones…

  • February 13, 2020New Data Collection Resources

    Since we started collecting data, thousands of observations have been logged by viewers. That’s incredible! For those of you who haven’t had the chance to collect data yet, we’ve created a short 1-minute video to walk you through what data…