Cornell Feeders Live Updates

  • A screenshot of the Cornell FeederWatch cam with a Blue Jay perched on the feeding table and three grackles on the table and hanging feeders. The backdrop is lots of green vegetation and some blue from the pond behind it.
    July 8, 2021Wrapping Up the Final Investigation!

    Thanks to all participants who contributed to the Cornell Feeders Live investigation for Bird Cams Lab, we are on track to release a final report showcasing the community’s findings soon. If you would like to help review a draft of…

  • A graph with different colored lines for each day during data collection (3/31 through 4/14). Hour is on the horizontal axis and Temperature(Fahrenheit is on the vertical axis. The horizontal axis is from 5 to 19 and the vertical axis is from 0 to 80. The lines vary in their shape, but most follow a pattern of lower in the morning and greater in the afternoon.
    May 27, 2021What was the weather like during data collection for Cornell Feeders Live?

    When we came together to figure out what to study with the Cornell FeederWatch cam, many people in the community were interested in the effects of weather. Several people shared their observations at their own bird feeders and their predictions…

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    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…

  • November 6, 2019What Can We Investigate With the Live Data Tagging Tool?

    We’re excited to introduce a new Live Data Tagging tool that we’ll use to collect data for a new Bird Cams Lab investigation on the Panama Fruit Feeder cam. Never before have we been able to tag data right as…

  • A screenshot of the Cornell FeederWatch cam page with the live stream view, buttons with birds to the right of it, names of the birds and the time they visited in the
    March 23, 2021Welcome to Data Collection for Cornell Feeders Live!

    See the most recent project updates.

    Cornell Feeders Live is a investigation co-created by scientists and Cornell FeederWatch cam viewers. The community spent several weeks watching the feeder, coming up with questions, refining and revising those questions, and then deciding what…

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    June 1, 2021We were almost always watching!

    For two weeks, the Bird Cams Lab and Bird Cams community came together to tag data in real time from the Cornell FeederWatch cam. At the end of data collection, the community amassed over 120,000 observations of the eight study…

  • Several species, including woodpeckers and sparrows on the Cornell FeederWAtch cam. There is snow on the feeders and in the background. Also a red-breasted nuthatch on the far right feeder.
    February 15, 2021Watch and Wonder On the Cornell Feeders Live Wonder Board

    Whether you are a long-time viewer or have never watched the cam, we invite you to be a part of the discussion. As you watch birds fly in and out of view on the cam, does anything pique your interest?…

  • March 19, 2021Votes Are In and Data Collection Starts Soon

    In the past month, Bird Cams Lab participants shared what they want to learn more about and discussed questions we could potentially investigate with the Cornell FeederWatch cam. In the most recent set of discussions on the Question Design Board,…

  • May 8, 2018Video: A 3-minute Introduction to the Bird Cams Lab
  • A screenshot of the data collection tool used, showing the cam and the buttons
    February 12, 2021The Data Tool: Live Tagging

    For the Cornell Feeders Live investigation, we’ll be using a recently developed live data tagging tool. We first used this tool for Panama Live. In that investigation we documented the arrival patterns of six species on the Panama Fruit Feeder…

  • A gray-headed chachalaca (gray-brown medium-sized bird) is standing on a feeding table that has a couple green and yellow oranges. The backdrop is lots of green vegetation, as in big tropical leaves. In the top right corner is a nectar feeder (red with yellow flowers). There is a yellow crown overlayed on the bird's head.
    April 7, 2021Tag Data And Register For Upcoming Webinar

    As of yesterday, the Bird Cams Lab community has grown to over 7,900 people. Welcome newcomers! We are thrilled to have you join our community of co-creators.

    Right now there are two investigations underway with two different cams, (1) Battling Birds…

  • June 14, 2021Register For Live Webinar About The Cornell Feeders

    Since we started the data exploration phase, more than 240 people have taken a look at the data collected in real time on the Cornell FeederWatch cam. We invite you to continue those conversations with us online, and then join…