Hawk Happenings Updates

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    December 1, 2020Hawk Happenings: A Visual Summary And A Look Ahead

    We’ve put together a visual summary of the Hawk Happenings investigation, highlighting each phase and the hard work done by the community. Below the infographic, we invite you to let us know which phase of the investigation was your favorite….

  • Big Red standing in the nest with nestlings that have lots of fluffy down feathers.
    November 24, 2020Hawk Happenings: The Final Results Are In!

    The Bird Cams Lab community, now 4,393 people strong, came together with scientists this past spring to learn more about the Red-tailed Hawk family seen on the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Red-tailed Hawk cam. After proposing and discussing several interesting…

  • A screenshot of Big Red feeding the three hawk nestlings and an overlay of the staff videos from the webinar
    October 27, 2020Live From Bird Cams Lab: A Fun and Lively Discussion

    On October 21 more than 100 people tuned in for an engaging discussion about the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Red-tailed Hawk cam and Hawk Happenings, a Bird Cams Lab investigation. As one of the hosts, I was thrilled that so…

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    October 22, 2020Get To Know Your Bird Cams Lab Mates

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    Since we started Bird Cams Lab back in 2018, we’ve grown to over 4,000 members! We’re thrilled the community has blossomed and that there are so many people passionate not only about the Bird Cams…

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    October 16, 2020Discuss New Findings At Live Webinar

    We had over 140 people weigh in to let us know when the best date and time would be to meet for our upcoming live event: Hawk Happenings: A Look Into The Cornell Hawks’ Nest. Based on the responses, we’ll…

  • A bar chart showing the percent chance of a prey delivery across the hours of a day. The highest percent chance is about 75% in hour 7 and 8.
    October 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…

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    October 2, 2020Explore the Hawk Happenings Data

    The time has come! Join us in the next phase of Hawk Happenings: data exploration. We’ve completed the first three phases (observe, question, and collect data), and it’s now time to look at data visualizations. Regardless of your involvement with…

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    October 2, 2020When were (or weren’t) we watching?

    In the midst of the pandemic this past summer, the community came together and connected with nature by collecting data on the Cornell Lab’s Red-tailed Hawk cam. From May to June, over 320 people collected data to better understand the…

  • A screenshot from the Cornell Lab's Red-tailed Hawk cam of Big Red, the female, incubating eggs while it snows.
    September 20, 2020Hawk Happenings: From Observations to Visualizations

     

    Although the Red-tailed Hawks are one of the most common hawks and are found across North America, researchers have only been able to study their behaviors at the nest from afar or infrequently via quick nest checks. The Cornell Lab’s…

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    September 18, 2020What does the weather data look like?

    Weather is important to understand when studying birds because it can potentially affect how they behave. The Hawk Happenings community recognized this and specifically included weather in their research question, theorizing that Red-tailed Hawk behaviors at the nest might vary…

  • Screenshot of the third hawk nestling leaving the nest while the other two are at the nest.
    June 16, 2020We Did It!

    It’s finally happened! All three nestlings tested their wings for the first time over the past few days. The first nestling left on Friday, June 12th, followed by the other two over the weekend.

    If you missed it, be sure to…

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    June 11, 2020Let’s reach the finish line!

    Thank you to everyone who has collected data for Hawk Happenings. Over 270 people have made over 7,100 observations! We’re so excited to see the community coming together to learn more about hawk behavior.

    But we’re not done yet! We’re in…