Battling Birds: Panama Edition 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

    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 investigation, Battling Birds: Panama Edition. They highlighted what the…

  • 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

    On April 14, 106 people tuned in and shared their questions and thoughts with Cornell Lab researcher Dr. Eliot Miller and the Bird Cams staff about the most recent findings from the Battling Birds: Panama Edition investigation. The researchers highlighted…

  • 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 collecting…

  • 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…

  • Stacked bar chart with orange and blue bars. Blue bars take up the majority of the space. The horizontal scale is from 6 to 18 and the vertical scale is from 0 to 100.
    March 23, 2021It’s Time To Explore!

    We’ve completed the first three phases (observe, question, collect data), and now it’s time to look at data visualizations. Regardless of your involvement with Battling Birds so far, we invite you to explore the data, ask questions, and be a…

  • A screenshot of the first question in the data collection tool on Zooniverse. A video player is on the left and the task is on the right. The first question is
    January 27, 2021It’s Time To Collect Data!

    The day has come that many of you have long been anticipating: it’s time to collect data! The research team has cut clips from archived Panama Fruit Feeder cam footage and many of you have helped us test run the…

  • May 9, 2018How To Use Disqus

    Disqus is an easy-to-use discussion tool that you’ll use to comment or upvote other comments in any Bird Cams Lab forum. On the forums, you’ll be able to post questions, share your thoughts, and provide links to helpful information. In…

  • May 18, 2018How to Choose or Refine a Good Cam-Testable Question

    So you’ve identified some questions that you think could be answered with cam footage. How do you decide which ones make the best questions for an investigation?

    Would investigating the question yield new insights about birds? How excited are you…

  • A photo of Great-Horned Owl nestlings is top left, photo of an osprey is bottom left, and on the right is information about the STEM For All Video Showcase. The text reads Save the Dates! May 11-18, 2021. STEM for All Video Showcase. There is a link: http://stemforall2021.videohall.com. There is also a logo for TERC and NSF and icon and accompanying text to illustrate that people are invited to view, discuss, and vote for the videos.
    May 13, 2021Help Our Video Win The Public’s Choice Award

    First, a huge thank you to everyone who has reviewed the draft of the report for the Battling Birds: Panama Edition investigation. We’ve just started to look at your feedback and already see that the report will be improved thanks…

  • March 23, 2021Dig Into The Data From Battling Birds: Panama

    Thanks again to everyone who collected data for Battling Birds: Panama Edition. Since the end of data collection in February, we’ve been working with volunteer programmer Peter Mason to extract the data from Zooniverse and analyze what your observations mean….

  • March 22, 2021Deciphering the Battling Birds: Panama Data

    The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Panama Fruit Feeder cam gives us a window into the tropical forests of Panama and the birds that reside there. While many of the species seen on the cam are well known (and colorful), there…

  • Pictures of the video clips in the top of the screenshot and then a bar with red-orange coloring showing we are 31% done. The number of volunteers and the number of classifications is also shown.
    February 5, 2021Data Collection Takes Off!

    Last week marked the beginning data collection for Battling Birds: Panama Edition on Zooniverse, and we’re thrilled by the turnout so far. On Thursday, 446 people tuned in for a live conversation about the project with Bird Cams Lab staff…