Recent Updates

  • A screenshot of a Blue Jay and a Northern Cardinal on the Cornell FeederWatch cam.
    April 24, 2020Results are in for Battling Birds!

    We are excited to share that, thanks to a tremendous effort from the Bird Cams Lab community, the second round of Battling Birds is complete and the results are in! First, we want to thank everyone who participated in the…

  • 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…

  • August 26, 2019See and Explore the Data!

    The first phase of data collection for Battling Birds is complete thanks to the amazing effort of more than 2,000 contributors who classified over 10,000 clips on Zooniverse! Our web developers have been busy translating your data into interactive charts…

  • 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…

  • June 19, 2018Seven Cam-Testable Questions You Identified in Sorting Activity

    Thanks to 62 participants who helped sort 12 questions from the Wonder Board, we have now identified 7 questions that most think can be identified using cam footage. For a summary of results, see the graph below.

    As you can see,…

  • January 27, 2020Situations Over Time

    This week’s featured visualization displays how frequently the two most common situations at the nest occur across time—adults brooding nestlings and adults feeding nestlings.  

    Click here to see the interactive version of this graph.
    In the chart above, the orange bars represent…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • A gray-headed chachalaca (gray-brown medium-sized bird) is standing on a feeding table that has a couple green and yellow oranges. The backdrop is lots of green vegetation, as in big tropical leaves. In the top right corner is a nectar feeder (red with yellow flowers). There is a yellow crown overlayed on the bird's head.
    April 7, 2021Tag Data And Register For Upcoming Webinar

    As of yesterday, the Bird Cams Lab community has grown to over 7,900 people. Welcome newcomers! We are thrilled to have you join our community of co-creators.

    Right now there are two investigations underway with two different cams, (1) Battling Birds…

  • February 5, 2019Tag Data on our new Zooniverse Project “Hawk Talk”
  • 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 red-tailed hawk fledgling looking at the cam and perched on the railing seen on the Red-tailed Hawk cam.
    July 8, 2021Thank you, Bird Cams Lab Community!

    Back in 2018, Bird Cams Lab started as a research project funded by the National Science Foundation. We set out to engage cam viewers from around the world in co-creating scientific investigations together in an online space, and to understand…