Recent Updates

  • A line graph with temperature on the vertical axis and hour on the horizontal axis. Each line corresponds to a day.
    September 18, 2020What does the weather data look like?

    Weather is important to understand when studying birds because it can potentially affect how they behave. The Hawk Happenings community recognized this and specifically included weather in their research question, theorizing that Red-tailed Hawk behaviors at the nest might vary…

  • 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 screen shot of a gray-cowled wood-rail on the Panama Fruit Feeder cam.
    September 3, 2020Learn About Tropical Birds At Live Webinar

    We had over 100 people weigh in to let us know when the best date and time would be to meet for our upcoming live event: Panama Live: Uncovering the lives of tropical feeder birds. Based on the responses, we’ll…

  • Clustered bar chart showing the percent chance two species, gray-cowled wood-rails and rufous motmot, have arriving at the feeder during half-hour time intervals throughout the day. The pattern appears bidmodal, with both species more likely to arrive in the morning and evening while less in the middle of the day.
    August 20, 2020Species differ in how they arrive at the feeder

    When the Panama Live community discussed what to investigate, we narrowed the questions down to (1) when do six focal species arrive at the feeder, (2) does this vary from day to day, and (3) does adding food affect when…

  • Screenshot of the Panama Fruit Feeder with Thick-billed Euphonia and Clay-colored Thrush in view.
    August 10, 2020See Preliminary Findings From the Panama Live Investigation

    It’s finally time! Back in February, the Panama Live community came together and collected data to learn more about when certain bird species arrive at the feeder featured on the Panama Fruit Feeder cam. A huge thank you again to…

  • Bar chart showing the mean number of species arriving at the feeder for half-hour time intervals throughout the day. Shows the mean with
    August 10, 2020How many focal species are arriving throughout the day?

    Welcome to the first week of Panama Live Data Exploration!

    Join us to dig into the data you collected to see what we can find out. Today, we’re featuring a visualization that looks at the average number of species arriving at…

  • A picture of the Panama Fruit Feeder cam with the Canopy Lodge in view in the background.
    June 30, 2020Panama Live: From Observations to Visualizations

    Panama is home to hundreds of tropical bird species, many of which we know very little about. The 24/7 Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Panama Fruit Feeder Cam, located at the Canopy Lodge in the Anton Valley, gives us a window…

  • Screenshot of the third hawk nestling leaving the nest while the other two are at the nest.
    June 16, 2020We Did It!

    It’s finally happened! All three nestlings tested their wings for the first time over the past few days. The first nestling left on Friday, June 12th, followed by the other two over the weekend.

    If you missed it, be sure to…

  • 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 one of the nestlings at the nest looking to the right away from the nest.
    June 4, 2020We Have Less Than Two Weeks Left!

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    Things are happening at Hawk Happenings. The first nestling may leave the nest as early as next week! That means we don’t have much longer to collect data.

    As of yesterday, over 100 people have made…

  • May 27, 2020Collect New Data On Nestlings

    Have you watched the Cornell Hawks cam recently? The nestlings are growing up so fast! Last week we launched data collection for the newly named Hawk Happenings investigation.

    52 people have collected 305 observations!

    Today, we’ve switch the data collection buttons about…

  • a screenshot of what the data collection tool looks like
    May 21, 2020Start Collecting Data for the Hawk Investigation!

    It’s time—we’re ready to start collecting data for Hawk Happenings, a new name for the current investigation using the Cornell Hawks cam. The name was inspired by the community-generated question we aim to answer:

    “What is the frequency of certain hawk…