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New Hawk Investigation Launches
Big Red and Arthur are incubating three eggs on the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Red-tailed Hawk cam and it's the perfect time to start a new investigation! As the hawks start their breeding season, join the Bird Cams Lab community to watch the cam, choose which question we should investigate, and make new discoveries about...
April 7, 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 collection looks like. We’ve also created a short video to walk through what each of the...
February 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 (flapping, walking, and mantling). To kick off this second week of data exploration, we feature two...
October 13, 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 we were using for the session. Then he went off screen to monitor the chat...
February 5, 2020Live 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 both the online forums on the Bird Cams Lab website and during the live-chat. Co-hosts Ben...
September 19, 2019Live 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 both excited and nervous to see how it would turn out. At ten minutes to...
June 19, 2018Live 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 Lab researcher Dr. Eliot Miller and the Bird Cams staff about the newest Bird Cams Lab...
December 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 species that visit the Panama Fruit Feeder cam, learned about their natural history, shared new...
September 16, 2020Live 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 tuned in and shared their questions and thoughts with Cornell Lab researcher Dr. Eliot Miller and...
April 16, 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 it’s based on, the Cornell FeederWatch cam. Bird Cams staff highlighted discussions on the Wonder Board...
February 25, 2021