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The work of citizen scientists, such as those who contribute to NestWatch, is what makes our research possible. Because of the efforts of nest monitors, we are able to look at patterns over long periods of time and large geographic areas.
Nest Quest Go: Catbirds, Thrashers, & MockingbirdsAbout Nest Quest Go: Catbirds, Thrashers, & Mockingbirds
Join the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Citizen-Science Project, NestWatch in understanding the historical nesting patterns of our collection of catbirds, thrashers, and mockingbirds, which includes the Gray Catbird, Brown Thrasher, Curve-billed Thrasher, LeConte's Thrasher, Bendire's Thrasher, Sage Thrasher, Crissal Thrasher, California Thrasher, Long-Billed Thrasher, and Northern Mockingbird. These birds typically build their bulky, cup-shaped nest in small shrubs and trees about 3-10 feet off of the ground. However, the Northern Mockingbird and Gray Catbird sometimes build their nests in trees as high as 60 feet!
These nest record cards are a subset of a larger collection of more than 300,000 nest records that NestWatch is working on digitizing and transcribing. Valuable scientific questions can be asked and answered regarding the nesting behavior of birds over time by examining historical records. We hope to bring new discoveries to light using these previously hidden datasets.