| PROJECT |
GOALS |
METHODS |
| Project FeederWatch |
- Measure changes in winter bird
abundance and distribution
- Understand movements of nomadic and
irruptive species
- Measure effects of food, weather and
habitat features on feeder visits by birds
|
- Watch bird feeders for two consecutive
days (November through April)
- Count the numbers of each species that
visit feeders
- Report data to the Lab (online)
|
| Classroom FeederWatch |
Teach Students to:
- Identify feeder birds
- Ask scientific questions and design
experiments
- Collect and analyze data
- Write up and share their research
results
|
- Set up feeder area
- Count birds at schoolyard feeders
- Submit data over the internet
- Conduct a student research project
- Publish research/artwork in Classroom
Birdscope
|
Project PigeonWatch
|
- Determine why there are so many colors
of pigeons
- Determine whether pigeons choose mates
by color
|
- Find a pigeon flock
- Count the number of pigeons of each
color
- Record colors of courting birds
- Report data to the Lab
|
| The Birdhouse Network |
- Study breeding biology of
cavity-nesting birds throughout North America
- Determine patterns of geographic
variation in clutch size
- Determine which environmental factors
affect nesting success of cavity-nesting birds
|
- Place birdhouses in suitable habitat
- Record birdhouse and habitat
characteristics
- Determine nesting species and count
numbers of eggs and nestlings
- Report data to the Lab (online)
|
| e-Bird |
- Gather data on bird abundance and
distribution throughout the year and across the continent (database available to
scientists and participants)
- Provide users with easy method of
recording and tracking their bird observations (customized checklists)
- Educate users: bird id, distribution,
abundance, habitat use, conservation issues
|
- Record observations of birds (who,
what where, when, how many, effort)
- Enter bird data via customized online
checklists
- Retrieve (and analyze) data (optional)
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GOALS
AND METHODS FOR EACH CSS PROJECT