This article explains why all the nesting details are necessary for following birds as they nest and produce young.:
NestWatchers often question the importance of entering data from individual nest checks. “Do I really have to report what was in the nest every time that I visited?”
If you are a part on the Nest Watcher program for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology check out the newsletter:
While much of this year’s nesting activities have concluded, the work of the NestWatcher still isn’t finished. Many of you have spent the summer diligently recording your nest observations in notebooks and on paper datasheets and now is the time to transfer this information into the NestWatch database.
