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…
May 18, 2018What Kinds of Questions Can We Investigate?Watching the Bird Cams can generate all kinds of questions. Some questions may have answers already based on past research. Other questions may not have answers yet—but could be answered by collecting and analyzing data from the cams. It’s those…
May 7, 2018Welcome to the Bird Cams Lab!Do you love watching the Bird Cams? We invite you to help us create a new project called Bird Cams Lab, funded by the National Science Foundation. The goal of the project is to join viewers from around the world…
October 11, 2019The Journey Has Just BegunIn Fall 2018, the Batting Birds community sprinted through the first round of data collection. The researchers then set to work on turning the data into visualizations for us to explore. We worked with programmers and tested several versions of…
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…
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…
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…
May 18, 2018How to Choose or Refine a Good Cam-Testable QuestionSo 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…
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…
September 23, 2019Does Bad Weather Increase Conflict?If you helped us collected data on Zooniverse, you may have wondered, “Why are we answering a question about weather?” That’s a great question and this week we’ll explore some of the data that will help explain why we did…
