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And, Done! Incredible work folks...chickadees here we come...
Learn about and help document the wonders of nesting Western Bluebirds.
Learn moreChoose your own adventure! There are many ways to engage with this project:
- "Nest Site": Smartphone-friendly, helps us understand where Western Bluebirds build their nests.
- "Location": Smartphone-friendly, series of questions on the geographic location of the nest.
- "Nest Attempt: Smartphone-friendly, for data-entry lovers to record nest attempt data on cards.
- "Comments": For transcription lovers, we ask you to transcribe all the written comments on the cards.
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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: Western BluebirdsAbout Nest Quest Go: Western Bluebirds
Join the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Citizen-Science Project, NestWatch in understanding the historical nesting patterns of Western Bluebirds. These species have shown population improvements in some regions due to the increased use of nest boxes. What can this thirty-year data tell us about changes in the nesting activities of these western-wonders.
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.