The Research Team

The Battling Birds research team is based out of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in Ithaca, New York.

Core staff

Charles Eldermire is the Bird Cams Project Leader.

Ben Walters is the Bird Cams Communications Specialist.

Rachael Mady is the Bird Cams Research Assistant and a Masters student at Cornell University.

Key Collaborators

Miyoko Chu is the Senior Director of Communications.

David Bonter is the Director of Citizen Science.

Tina Phillips is the Research and Evaluation Manager.

Peter Mason is a self-taught Python programmer and Zooniverse volunteer who has helped extract and filter data from Zooniverse.