Panama Live Updates

  • February 25, 2020Panama Live Data Collection Complete!

    We just finished the data collection phase for the Panama Live investigation! Thank you to the 60 people that watched the live cam and tagged their observations over the past two weeks. We logged over 11,000 observations from February 10…

  • A picture of the Panama Fruit Feeder cam with the Canopy Lodge in view in the background.
    June 30, 2020Panama Live: From Observations to Visualizations

    Panama is home to hundreds of tropical bird species, many of which we know very little about. The 24/7 Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Panama Fruit Feeder Cam, located at the Canopy Lodge in the Anton Valley, gives us a window…

  • Bar chart showing the mean number of species arriving at the feeder for half-hour time intervals throughout the day. Shows the mean with
    August 10, 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…

  • Screenshot of the Panama Fruit Feeder with Thick-billed Euphonia and Clay-colored Thrush in view.
    August 10, 2020See Preliminary Findings From the Panama Live Investigation

    It’s finally time! Back in February, the Panama Live community came together and collected data to learn more about when certain bird species arrive at the feeder featured on the Panama Fruit Feeder cam. A huge thank you again to…

  • Clustered bar chart showing the percent chance two species, gray-cowled wood-rails and rufous motmot, have arriving at the feeder during half-hour time intervals throughout the day. The pattern appears bidmodal, with both species more likely to arrive in the morning and evening while less in the middle of the day.
    August 20, 2020Species differ in how they arrive at the feeder

    When the Panama Live community discussed what to investigate, we narrowed the questions down to (1) when do six focal species arrive at the feeder, (2) does this vary from day to day, and (3) does adding food affect when…

  • A screen shot of a gray-cowled wood-rail on the Panama Fruit Feeder cam.
    September 3, 2020Learn About Tropical Birds At Live Webinar

    We had over 100 people weigh in to let us know when the best date and time would be to meet for our upcoming live event: Panama Live: Uncovering the lives of tropical feeder birds. Based on the responses, we’ll…

  • A screenshot of the welcome screen displayed at the beginning of the Panama Live webinar
    September 16, 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…

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    September 22, 2020Community inspires deeper dive into the data

    The Panama Live community inspired us to dig deeper into the data and create a new set of visualizations! During last week’s live webinar, Panama Live: Uncovering The Lives Of Six Tropical Feeder Birds (watch it here if you missed…

  • Individual pictures of the Clay-colored Thrush, Crimson-backed Tanager, Gray-cowled Wood-Rail, Gray Chachalaca, Rufous Motmot, Thick-billed Euphonia.
    November 17, 2020Panama Live: The Final Results Are In!

    For the first time ever, viewers from around the world collaborated with scientists to collect data in real time while watching the Panama Fruit Feeder cam in an investigation called Panama Live. From February 10 – 24, more than 60…

  • A cropped version of an infographic. There is a blue background with a crimson-backed tanager on a branch.
    November 23, 2020Panama Live: The Road We’ve Traveled

    We’ve put together an infographic to walk through each phase of the Panama Live investigation from start to finish.  If you’d like to dig deeper into any of the phases, learn more about what we found, or sign up for…