Bird Nest Monitoring Workshop for Aspiring Citizen Scientists

NestWatch is a bird nest-monitoring project, developed as a collaboration between the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center at the National Zoo in Washington, DC and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. It has been funded by the National Science Foundation.

NestWatch teaches people how to become a citizen scientist and contribute to research by locating bird nests and submitting information online about nest site location, habitat, species, and number of eggs and young.

If you are interested in participating in the NestWatch program, this workshop led by NestWatch staff at the Zoo will teach you how to find nests, monitor them, and enter data into Cornell’s website.

To learn more about NestWatch, visit www.nestwatch.org

Workshop Details

Date: May 3, 2008

Time: 8 a.m. to 12 noon

Place: Conference room, Department of Conservation Biology Building, National Zoological Park

Please contact Bob Reitsma at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center if you wish to participate. There is space for 30 participants on a first come first serve basis.

Phone: 202-633-4186

Email (preferred): reitsmar@si.edu