Recent Updates

  • 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

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

  • 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 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

    Check out Bird Cams staff and Cornell Lab researcher Dr. Eliot Miller talk about the birds at the Panama Fruit Feeder and what we found out about them in the Battling Birds: Panama Edition investigation. On April 14, 106 people…

  • white background with the cornell lab logo and the title of the webinar. At the bottom is a disclaimer.
    February 25, 2021Live From Bird Cams Lab: Birds, Feeders, And Science

    Watch Bird Cams staff share highlights from the Cornell Feeders Live investigation, and answer the community’s questions. On February 23, 244 people tuned in to learn more about the newest Bird Cams Lab investigation, Cornell Feeders Live, and the cam…

  • 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

    Go behind-the-scenes with Bird Cams staff to learn more about the Cornell FeederWatch cam and check out the data visualizations from the Cornell Feeders Live investigation. On June 16, 164 people tuned in for an engaging hour all about the…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • January 27, 2020Join Us For A Live Question & Answer Session about Hawk Talk Visualizations

      The Bird Cams Lab team invites the community to join us for a live discussion about the preliminary findings from the Hawk Talk project. We invite you to simply listen in, ask questions, or point out neat things you’ve…

  • 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…

  • A red-bellied woodpecker perches on a suet feeder in the middle, which is surrounded by hanging feeder and is above a platform feeder filled with seed. The red-bellied woodpecker has a red head, black-and-white striped wings, and a white face and belly. The background is a snow-covered landscape and bare vegetation.
    March 11, 2021It’s Time To Vote!

    It’s time to choose what data we will collect for the Cornell Feeders Live investigation.  Over the past two weeks, the Bird Cams Lab community has worked together to share and discuss ideas on the Wonder Board and Question Design…

  • 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…