BIRDLAB
Biodiversity
Objectives
BIRDLAB is a citizen’s observatory that aims to study bird behavior at the feeder in winter. Participation is via a game played on a smartphone or tablet.
Specific actions
Participate from a garden, a balcony or a deck by installing two feeders and by watching the birds as they come and go at the feeders using the BirdLab app.
Project created
Mainland France
Type of project : Field, online
Participation period : November to march
Level of involvement : Case by case
Project description
This observatory is part of the Vigie Nature network.
The questions the researchers are trying to answer with BirdLab are as follows:
How do birds behave at a feeder? Do birds prefer to feed where there are other birds present or do they prefer to be alone to feed? How do species cooperate? Do individual birds and bird species cooperate or compete? Does habitat influence these behaviors?
The participation
Required equipment
Smartphone ou table
Deux mangeoires identiques
Graines de tournesol
Co-managers
Carmen Bessa Gomes
Maitresse de Conférences
Laboratoire Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution
Carmen Bessa Gomes
François Chiron
Maitre de Conférences
Laboratoire Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution
François Chiron
Anne Dozières
Directrice de Vigie-Nature
Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (MNHN)
CESCO
Anne Dozières
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