Scientific Publications
Researchers have used FeederWatch data or data collected at FeederWatch sites in the following scientific publications:
Invasion dynamics of the European Collared-Dove in North America are explained by combined effects of habitat and climate. 2024. Y. Shao, D.M. Ethier, and S.J. Bonner. Ornithological Applications 126:1–13. doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duad052. Abstract.
Unfamiliarity generates costly aggression in interspecific avian dominance hierarchies. 2024. Gavin M. Leighton; Jonathan P. Drury; Jay Small; and Eliot T. Miller Nature Communications, 15, Article number: 335. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44613-0. Abstract. Read an article summarizing this research on the Cornell Lab’s All About Birds website.
Participant retention in a continental-scale citizen science project increases with the diversity of species detected. 2023. David N. Bonter, Victoria Y. Martin, Emma I. Greig, and Tina B. Phillips. >BioScience, 0, 1–8. doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biad041. Abstract.
Drivers of an Ecologically-Relevant Summer North American Dipole. 2022. H. Bai, C. Strong, and B. Zuckerberg. Journal of Climate. doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0542.1. Abstract.
Both morphological and behavioral traits predict interspecific social dominance in birds. 2022. G. M. Leighton, D. Lamour, K. Malcolm, and E. T. Miller. J Ornithol. doi.org/10.1007/s10336-022-02022-y. Abstract.
Antipredator behaviors in urban settings: Ecological experimentation powered by citizen science. 2022. B. Zuckerberg, J. D. McCabe, and N. A. Gilbert. Ecology and Evolution, 12, e9269. doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9269. Abstract.
Congeneric predators fill niches created by the relative abundance of their prey species. 2022. E. T. Miller, O. M. Aodha, E. I. Greig, D. N. Bonter, and W. M. Hochachka. Journal of Avian Biology: e02934 doi/full/10.1111/jav.02934. View summary.
The effect of sociality on competitive interactions among birds. 2022. I. Berberi, E. T. Miller, and R. Dakin. bioRxiv, doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.09.491173. View summary.
Over 30 years of standardized bird counts at supplementary feeding stations in North America: A citizen science data report for Project FeederWatch. 2021. D. N. Bonter and E. I. Greig. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.619682.
Artificial night light and anthropogeneic noise interact to influence bird abundance over a continental scale. 2021. A. A. Wilson, M. A. Ditmer, J. R. Barber, N. H. Carter, E. T. Miller, L. P. Tyrrell, C. D. Francis. Global Change Biology, doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15663.
Host population dynamics in the face of an evolving pathogen. 2021. W. M. Hochachka, A. P. Dobson, D. M. Hawley, and A. A. Dhondt. Journal of Animal Ecology, doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13469. Abstract.
Urban House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) population decline in North America. 2021. L. A. Berigen, E. I. Greig, and D. N. Bonter. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 132:248-258. Abstract.
Habitat loss and thermal tolerances influence the sensitivity of resident bird populations to winter weather at regional scales. 2020. C. E. Latimer and B. Zuckerberg. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90:317-329. Abstract.
Dynamics and population consequences of irruption in the Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis). 2019. E. H. Dunn. Auk, 136:2, 1 April 2019. Abstract.
Young adults’ motivations to feed wild birds and influences on their potential participation in citizen science: An exploratory study. 2019. V. Y. Martin and E. I. Greig. Biological Conservation, 235:295-307. Abstract.
Prey abundance and urbanization influence the establishment of avian predators in a metropolitan landscape. 2018. J. D. McCabe, H. Yin, J. Cruz, V. Radeloff, A. Pidgeon, D. N. Bonter, and B. Zuckerberg. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 285:20182120. Abstract.
The hairy-downy game revisited: an empirical test of the interspecific social dominance mimicry hypothesis. 2018. G. M. Leighton, A. C. Lees, and E. T. Miller. Animal Behaviour, 137:141-148. Abstract.
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Winter range expansion of a hummingbird is associated with urbanization and supplementary feeding. 2017. E. I. Greig, E. M. Wood, and D. N. Bonter. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 284:20170256. Abstract.
Fighting over food unites the birds of North America in a continental dominance hierarchy. 2017. E. T. Miller, D. N. Bonter, C. Eldermire, B. G. Freeman, E. I. Greig, L. J. Harmon, C. Lisle, W. M. Hochachka. Behavioral Ecology, doi:10.1093/beheco/arx108. Abstract.
Climatic dipoles drive two principal modes of North American boreal bird irruption. 2015. C. Strong, B. Zuckerberg, J. L. Betancourt, and W. D. Koenig. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 112:E2795–E2802. Article.
Climate change in our backyards: the reshuffling of North America’s winter bird communities. 2014. K. Prince and B. Zuckerberg. Global Change Biology, 21:572-585.
Substitutable habitats? The biophysical and anthropogenic drivers of an exotic bird’s distribution. 2013. A. Y. Davis, N. Malas and E. S. Minor. Biological Invasions.
Effects of the emerald ash borer invasion on four species of birds. 2013. W. D. Koenig, A. M. Liebhold, D. N. Bonter, W. M. Hochachka, and J. L. Dickinson. Biological Invasions.
Data validation in citizen science: A case study from Project FeederWatch. 2012. D. N. Bonter and C. B. Cooper. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 10:305307.
From backyard observations to continentwide trends: Lessons from the first 22 years of Project FeederWatch. 2012. D. N. Bonter. In Citizen Science: Public participation in environmental research. J.L Dickinson and R. Bonney (Eds). Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY.
The early bird gets earlier: A phenological shift in migration timing of the American Robin (Turdus migratorius) in the State of Wisconsin. 2012. G. M. Jones, B. Zuckerberg, A. T. Paulios. The Passenger Pigeon, 74:131-140.
Climatic constraints on wintering bird distributions are modified by urbanization and weather. 2011. B. Zuckerberg, D. N. Bonter, W. M. Hochachka, W. D. Koenig, A. T. DeGaetano, J. L. Dickinson. Journal of Animal Ecology, 80:403-413. View a summary.
Invasive birds in a novel landscape: habitat associations and effects on established species. 2010. D. N. Bonter, B. Zuckerberg, and J. L. Dickinson. Ecography, 33:494-502. Abstract.
Spatial variation in an avian host community: Implications for disease dynamics. 2009. S. L. States, W. M. Hochachka, and A. A. Dhondt. Ecohealth, 6:540-545.
A citizen science approach to ornithological research: Twenty years of watching backyard birds. 2009. D. N. Bonter and W. M. Hochachka. Proceedings of the Fourth International Partners in Flight Conference: Tundra to Tropics, 453-458. Abstract.
Winter survey data reveal rangewide decline in Evening Grosbeak populations. 2008. D. N. Bonter and M. G. Harvey. The Condor, 110:376-381. View a summary.
Contrasting natural experiments confirm competition between House Finches and House Sparrows. 2007. C. B. Cooper, W. M. Hochachka, and A. A. Dhondt. Ecology, 88(4):864-870. View a summary.
Combined data of Project FeederWatch and the Christmas Bird Count indicate declines of chickadees and corvids: Possible impacts of West Nile virus. 2002–2003. D. N. Bonter and W. M. Hochachka. American Birds, 22–25.
Do feeder counts reliably indicate bird population changes? 21 years of winter bird counts in Ontario, Canada. 2002. D. Lepage and C. M. Francis. The Condor, 104:255–270. View a summary.
Host range and dynamics of mycoplasmal conjunctivitis among birds in North America. 2001. B. K. Hartup, A. A. Dhondt, Keila Sydenstricker, W. M. Hochachka, and G. V. Kollias. Journal of Wildlife Disease, 37(1):72–81. View a summary.
Density dependent decline of host abundance resulting from a new infectious disease. 2000. W. M. Hochachka and A. A. Dhondt. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 97(10):5303–5306. View a summary.
Thinking scientifically during participation in a citizen-science project. 2000. D. Trumbull, R. Bonney, D. Bascom, and A. Cabral. Science Education, 84:265–275. View the Abstract.
Irruptive migration of Common Redpolls. 1999. W. Hochachka, J. V. Wells, K. V. Rosenberg, D. L. Tessaglia-Hymes, and A. A. Dhondt. The Condor, 101(2):195–204. View a summary.
Risk factors associated with Mycoplasmal conjunctivitis in House Finches. 1998. B. K. Hartup, H. O. Mohammed, G. V. Kollias, and A. A. Dhondt. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 34(2):281–288.
Epidemic Mycoplasmal conjunctivitis in house finches from Eastern North America. 1998. A. A. Dhondt, D. L. Tessaglia, and R. Slothower. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 34(2):265–280. View a summary.
FeederWatch: An example of a Student-Scientist Partnership. 1997. R. Bonney and A. A. Dhondt. Chapter 3 In: Internet Links for Science Education: Student-Science Partnerships. Karen C. Cohen, ed. Plenum Press, New York.
Mycoplasmal conjunctivitis in wild songbirds: The spread of a new contagious disease in a mobile host population. 1997. R. Fischer, D. E. Stallknecht, M. Page Luttrell, A. A. Dhondt, and K A. Converse. Journal of Emerging Infectious Diseases, 3(1):69–72.
Feeder counts as indicators of spatial and temporal variation in winter abundance of resident birds. 1997. J. V. Wells, K. V. Rosenberg, E. H. Dunn, D. L. Tessaglia, and A. A. Dhondt. Journal of Field Ornithology, 69(4):577–586.
Population cycles in the Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius). 1996. J. V. Wells, K. V. Rosenberg, D. L. Tessaglia, and A. A. Dhondt. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 74:2062–2069.
Predation of birds at feeders in winter. 1994. E. H. Dunn and D. L. Tessaglia. Journal of Field Ornithology, 65(1):8–16.
Bird mortality from striking residential windows in winter. 1993. E. H. Dunn. Journal of Field Ornithology, 64(3):302–309.
Are Pine Grosbeaks increasing at feeders in Ontario? 1989. E. H. Dunn. Ontario Birds, 7:87–97.