July 13, 2018An Exciting Question, and a Look AheadAfter weeks of brainstorming, sorting, and discussing questions, we now have a winning question to investigate, based on more than 100 votes cast. Out of the seven proposed questions, the runaway winner was “Do the hawks use different kinds of…
January 22, 2020Changing VocalizationsLast week we found out that when nestling were vocalizing, they were also primarily being fed or the adult was brooding. This week, we’ll dig deeper into both nestling and adult vocalizations to see if and how they change over…
June 28, 2018Get Ready to Vote! Here’s a Rundown of the Seven QuestionsIt’s finally time to vote on the question that you think will make for the best, most interesting investigation. A big shout-out to everyone who shared their thoughts and participated in discussions on the Question Design board. Your input was…
August 29, 2019Hawk Talk Data Collection is Complete!We finished collecting the the data set for Hawk Talk on August 23rd. Thank you to everyone that helped us cross the finish line. Over 1,400 contributors classified over 47,000 classifications on over 8,000 subjects. That’s incredible! Now we’ll take…
November 21, 2019Hawk Talk: From Zooniverse to HereRed-tailed Hawks are found across North America, and their calls are so iconic that moviegoers around the globe have heard hawk calls used by producers to depict Bald Eagles in films. Even though the raspy call of the Red-tailed Hawk…
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? Will the answer provide interesting or valuable insights? Would investigating the question yield…
May 9, 2018How To Use DisqusWhat is 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…
January 27, 2020Join Us For A Live Question & Answer Session about Hawk Talk VisualizationsThe Bird Cams Lab team invites the community to join us for a live discussion about the preliminary findings from the Hawk Talk project. We invite you to simply listen in, ask questions, or point out neat things you’ve…
June 19, 2018Live from the Bird Cams Lab: Our First Q&A SessionOn June 15, 17 participants joined our Bird Cams staff for our very first live Q&A session online. We connected through a link to a Zoom webinar, and because it was our first time using this tool, our team was…
February 5, 2020Live from the Bird Cams Lab: Q&A Session about Hawk Talk Data VisualizationsRed-tailed Hawk cam viewers and Hawk Talk participants joined the Bird Cams Lab team on February 3rd to discuss the project’s preliminary findings. Charles Eldermire, the Project Leader, kicked things off by welcoming everyone and orienting them to the Zoom…
June 19, 2018Seven Cam-Testable Questions You Identified in Sorting ActivityThanks to 62 participants who helped sort 12 questions from the Wonder Board, we have now identified 7 questions that most think can be identified using cam footage. For a summary of results, see the graph below. As you can…
January 27, 2020Situations Over TimeThis week’s featured visualization displays how frequently the two most common situations at the nest occur across time—adults brooding nestlings and adults feeding nestlings. Click here to see the interactive version of this graph. In the chart above, the orange…