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Cornell Feeders Live: About The Feeder
Cornell Feeders Live is a project co-created by cam viewers and scientists to answer two questions: (1) What is the daily visitation pattern of different species at the feeders? (2) How does weather affect the probability of different species visiting the feeders? Cam viewers collected data in real time from the Cornell FeederWatch cam, clicking a...
May 24, 2021Cornell Feeders Live: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Answers to your questions about collecting data for the Cornell Feeders Live investigation. Click on any of the questions below to navigate to the answer. How do I create an account to collect data? How do I create an account to post on the Discussion Board? I'm not familiar with the species. Can I still participate? ...
March 23, 2021Panama Live: About the Feeder
Panama Live was the first Bird Cams Lab investigation to collect data in real time! Participants used a new data tagging tool to record whenever one of the six focal species arrived or food was put out on the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Panama Fruit Feeder Cam. The Panama Fruit Feeder Cam is located at the...
March 20, 2021Battling Birds: Panama Edition Launches
Join the Bird Cams Lab community in the newest investigation, Battling Birds: Panama Edition. Just like the first Battling Birds investigation, we want to learn more about what birds are doing at a feeder. However, this time we'll virtually be in Panama, watching the Panama Fruit Feeder cam! As we designed Panama Live, the last investigation...
December 8, 2020The Data Tool: Zooniverse
To figure out what’s going on between the birds on the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Panama Fruit Feeder cam, we will be using Zooniverse’s video tagging tool to collect data from recorded video footage. Zooniverse is a free, easy-to-use online platform that hosts hundreds of citizen science projects in which volunteers collect data from images...
December 7, 2020Hawk Happenings: Final Report
Key Takeaways Red-tailed Hawk cam viewers teamed up with scientists to co-create an investigation and learn how the hawks’ behaviors changed in relation to time and weather. During the 2020 breeding season, 323 cam viewers collected 12,585 observations of six behaviors in real time. In exploring the data online and in a live webinar with...
November 24, 2020Panama Live: Final Report
Key Takeaways Panama Fruit Feeder cam viewers teamed up with scientists to co-create an investigation to learn more about when six species arrive at the feeder seen on cam. Sixty cam viewers collected data live from one of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s online Bird Cams for the first time. In exploring the data online...
November 17, 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, 2020Hawk Happenings: About the Nest
Hawk Happenings is the second Bird Cams Lab investigation to collect data about the Red-tailed Hawks featured on the Cornell Hawks cam (the first was Hawk Talk). From May to June 2020, participants used a data tagging tool to record hawk behavior live while watching the cam. The Cornell Hawks cam follows a pair of Red-tailed...
September 8, 2020How many focal species are arriving throughout the day?
Welcome to the first week of Panama Live Data Exploration! Join us to dig into the data you collected to see what we can find out. Today, we’re featuring a visualization that looks at the average number of species arriving at a feeder throughout the day. For about two weeks in February, participants recorded when individuals birds...
August 10, 2020