Current Collaborative projects:

Neighborhood NestWatch

This Smithsonian Project is coming to Raleigh in Spring 2015! A primary goal of Neighborhood NestWatch is to understand how migratory birds respond to urbanization.  Residents help scientists study migratory birds in their back yards by hosting in-person visits that turn backyards into study sites and collecting data when scientists are at other homes.

Past Collaborative projects:

Golondrinas de las Americas

The Golondrinas network of ornithologists study swallows throughout the Western Hemisphere

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NestWatch

Volunteer nest monitors contribute data to NestWatch, a citizen science project accepting nesting observations on all birds in the United States and Canada.

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Conservation Recreation

In collaboration with the Human Dimensions Research Unit in the Natural Resources Dept at Cornell University, we are studying bird watching and hunting, sense of place, and conservation.

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The House Sparrow Project

With Mark Hauber at Hunter College, we are launching a citizen science experiment with house sparrows.

The Barn Swallow Project

Participants submit observations of nesting Barn Swallows to NestWatch and measure skyglow according to Globe at Night

Loud & Bright

Students at UCLA's Institute for Environment and Sustainability have created citizen science methods to measure noise and light. Check out the pilot project website.