Anyone can monitor nests - it's a rewarding way to spend time outdoors and participate in science.

NestWatch is a continentwide citizen-science project and nest-monitoring database of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, funded by the National Science Foundation and developed in collaboration with the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. 

NestWatch News

Data entry improvements

We have made some improvements to the "My Nests" data entry pages. Please give the new tools a try and let us know what you think.

NestCams Highlighted in New Book, "There's Gold in the Wetlands."

This beautiful children's book written by Karen Newman White, was inspired by Cornell's NestCams and is available through amazon.com.

Send us your videos!

Please send us short videos (less than 1 minute) explaining why you NestWatch! Movies should be smaller than 50GB in size and in WMV, MOV,or .MPG file formats. Send to: nestwatch-support[at]cornell.edu.

Did you Know you could donate directly to NestWatch efforts?

Please consider donating to NestWatch through our new secure online form at: Donate to NestWatch. All donations over $100 will receive a signed commemorative edition of the new NestWatch poster by Lab illustrator Pedro Fernandes.