Cornell Bird Academy-The Hidden World of Nests and Eggs

This self-paced course includes instructional videos, photo galleries, and interactive learning tools to help you unlock the biology of how birds raise their young. With NestWatch leader Robyn Bailey as your guide, you’ll learn how and why nests and eggs develop to take on so many colors, shapes, and sizes, how chicks get their parents’ attention at every developmental stage, how parents help baby birds survive and thrive, and so much more. Designed for anyone interested in how birds come to life, this course delivers a fun and comprehensive look at some of the most fascinating science on the planet. Robyn Bailey manages the research, education, and communication initiatives for NestWatch, the Cornell Lab’s citizen-science project focused on nesting birds. The Cornell Lab has been monitoring nesting birds’ reproductive success since the 1960s, and this long-term database is the nation’s richest source of information on avian reproductive biology. A large focal area of the project is nest boxes, and how best to provide them and support the birds which use them. Through NestWatch, her research and writing focus on small things we can all do to help birds every day. She is interested in nesting as the basic mechanism by which birds can sustain their populations. Her interests also include habitat management, historical data, and mentoring students.