NestWatch by the Cornell Lab

Name: NestWatch by the Cornell Lab
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.3469388484954834 (117 reviews)
Author: Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

3.3

117 reviews

10K+

Downloads

Everyone

About this app

NestWatch is the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s citizen-science project that tracks nesting birds in North America. Found a bird’s nest? You can report it for science.
Sign in to:

Add a nest location using the interactive map.
Add data on species, number of eggs, number of young, hatch date, and other pertinent details.
Contribute to North America’s largest database on avian nesting success.

Features:
Full offline functionality, enabling use in places with limited or no Internet connection or cellular service.
Enter bird nest observations from anywhere in North America.
Track your nesting statistics in real time.
Ideal for managing nest box trail data.
Automatically syncs with web version for seamless multi-user and multi-platform support.
Your data are openly available for scientific research, education, and conservation right away.
Learn more about monitoring birds’ nests for science at http://nestwatch.org/.

Updated on

Aug 26, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.

This app may share these data types with third parties

App info and performance and Device or other IDs

This app may collect these data types

Location, Personal info and 4 others

Data is encrypted in transit

You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.2

111 reviews

Joel Bacon

June 13, 2024

When using the Android version of NestWatch in the field I often get multiple nest visits, sometimes 2, 3 or 4 instead of the 1 nest visit that truly occurred. I have tried airplane mode; I have uninstalled and reinstalled the app, but neither has provided a solution. Using the clunky app beats having to pack a clipboard, paper and pencil, but it is aggravating to have to check everything over on my MacBook Pro, making all the deletions and adding data that never made it to my desktop.

4 people found this review helpful

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

June 20, 2024

Hi Joel, We're sorry to hear about your experience. Our programmers are working on an update that we hope to release soon, and it should help the app work much smoother. For those that are experiencing usage issues with the app, we recommend using the online data portal in the meantime - we apologize for this inconvenience.

Julia Ecklar

May 21, 2021

I love the NestWatch program, and the new design of the app is much more intuitive. It also seems to run more smoothly on my phone. However, it starts up in dark mode each time, which is very hard to read while out in the field. I keep turning dark mode off, but it's back each time I reopen the app. I'd like to be able to set a preference for which mode it defaults to, instead of having to change it every time.

14 people found this review helpful

A Google user

July 13, 2019

i have used the app for several seasons. While it has always been a little buggy, it is currently almost unusable. when the app first launches it will continually cycle between the main screen with the world map and whatever screen was last in use. This can go on for a minute or more. once it settles down it will behave itself as long as I leave it with primary focus. but if a screen or battery saver kicks in or I minimize the app we're back to infinite switching mode again.

3 people found this review helpful