September 19, 2019Live from the Bird Cams Lab: Q&A Session about Battling Birds Data VisualizationsOn 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…
September 9, 2019Who’s Winning?Last week we figured out who is battling it out at the feeders–which species are initiating displacements and which are being targeted. This week we’ll explore one more facet of these displacements–whether or not displacement attempts were successful.
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September 2, 2019Who’s Battling?Last week we looked at how the number of species at a feeder relates to how much conflict ensues. Now let’s dig into the details to find out which species are battling it out!
Today’s featured visualization shows how many total…
August 29, 2019Hawk Talk Data Collection is Complete!We finished collecting the the data set for Hawk Talk on August 23rd. Thank you to everyone that helped us cross the finish line. Over 1,400 contributors classified over 47,000 classifications on over 8,000 subjects. That’s incredible!
Now we’ll take the…
August 26, 2019Does Conflict Increase With More Species on the Feeder?Let’s dig into the data you collected to see what we can find out!
Today we’re featuring a visualization that looks at the relationship between conflict and the number of species present at the feeders. We are measuring conflict by looking…
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…
August 24, 2019Battling Birds: From Zooniverse to HereWhat actually goes on at your backyard bird feeder? Do the birds get along or do they fight? If you take a moment to watch your feeder, you might notice that it isn’t just peace and harmony, but some birds…
- February 5, 2019Tag Data on our new Zooniverse Project “Hawk Talk”
- February 5, 2019Battling Birds Data Collection Is Complete!
In under a month, over 2,000 contributors classified over 10,000 clips! That’s more than 75,000 classifications! We did not expect the community to be so passionate about the project. Thank you to everyone that has become a part of the…
July 13, 2018An Exciting Question, and a Look AheadAfter weeks of brainstorming, sorting, and discussing questions, we now have a winning question to investigate, based on more than 100 votes cast. Out of the seven proposed questions, the runaway winner was
“Do the hawks use different kinds of calls…
June 28, 2018Get Ready to Vote! Here’s a Rundown of the Seven QuestionsIt’s finally time to vote on the question that you think will make for the best, most interesting investigation. A big shout-out to everyone who shared their thoughts and participated in discussions on the Question Design board. Your input was…
June 19, 2018Live from the Bird Cams Lab: Our First Q&A SessionOn 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…