Open Lectures

Explore recordings of all the presentations you missed as well as live event recordings from past webinars.

Past Events

red bird with black wings and white wing bars with a confer seed in its beak

Webinar SeriesBird ID

Merlin Bird ID Trivia with Birds Canada

Peregrine Falcon looking straight ahead.

Webinar SeriesBird ID

Beyond the Backyard: All About the Great Backyard Bird Count

Two LEGO people figures and a LEGO parrot

Webinar SeriesConservationHabitat

Building Better Habitat with LEGO

bird with blue head and wings and a chest that is white with orange neck perched on branch

Bird ID

Merlin Bird ID Trivia with Bird Count India

Colorful illustration of birds in flight

Webinar SeriesBiology

Let's Draw Birds!

4 image collage with photos of whales, elephant, and porpoises

Webinar SeriesConservation

Global Conservation through Sound

Medium-sized bird with blue, black, and red feathers singing with it's beak open. Perched on a leafy branch.

Webinar SeriesSongs + Calls

A Celebration of Sound

BehaviorFood + Foraging

Bird Feeder Watch Party

Sparrow on red branch. Flying squirrel peeking out of a hole.

Webinar SeriesBehaviorBird IDFood + Foraging

Not Just Watching Feeders OR Birds: Updates from Project FeederWatch

Image of woman with short brown hair next to image of medium-sized black bird perched on thin branch.

Webinar SeriesBehavior

Leaping as a Way of Life

Kevin holding binoculars next to photos of cranes in flight and standing in water.

Webinar SeriesMigration

Exploring Bird Migration: Your Questions Answered

Merlin perched with tail fanned.

Webinar SeriesBird IDMigration

Merlin Bird ID Trivia: Fall Migration Edition

Small gray bird with white belly perched on dried plant.

Webinar SeriesConservationMigration

Shedding Light on Protecting Birds

Collage image of Florida Scrub-Jay, authors, and book cover

Webinar SeriesConservation

Saving our Vanishing Birds with Anders and Beverly Gyllenhaal

Sedge Wren with beak open singing

Webinar SeriesBird ID

Bird ID Trivia: Merlin vs Birders

Webinar SeriesBiology

Black Birders Week: Avian Art Hour with Emma Brittain-Hardy

Blue Grosbeak in flight and images of migration forecast map

Webinar SeriesMigration

How to Use BirdCast to Enjoy Spring Migration and Keep Birds Safer

Photo collage with image of Kevin McGowan, warbler on flower branch, and shorebirds on the sand

Webinar SeriesBehaviorFood + ForagingMigration

Spring Birding: Ask an Ornithologist

Webinar SeriesBehaviorFood + ForagingNesting

The Hidden Lives of Common Nighthawks

Webinar SeriesBird IDConservation

Get Ready for the Great Backyard Bird Count: Q&A Webinar

Blue Jay eating a peanut

BehaviorBird IDFood + Foraging

Bird Feeder Watch Party

White-throated Kingfisher perched.

Webinar SeriesBird ID

Growing the Great Backyard Bird Count with Bird Count India

Left - image of eBird mobile app; right image of American Wigeon swimming

Webinar SeriesIdentificación

Great Tit perched on branch

Seminar SeriesBehaviorFood + Foraging

Mundinger Lecture – The Value of Long-Term Ecology: Insights from a 75-year Study of the Wytham Woods Great Tits

Common Redpoll perched on dried plant.

Webinar SeriesHabitatMigration

Practical Ways to Help Birds During Migration

North Atlantic right whales breaching

Webinar SeriesFood + ForagingMigration

Migrations Great and Small: Whales and Plankton

Pink-footed Shearwater flying over the ocean.

Webinar SeriesMigration

Miracles of Bird Migration: An Exploration with Birds of the World

Barn Swallow in flight over map of their migration route.

Webinar SeriesMigration

Migratory Journeys Mapped: The Magic of eBird

Webinar SeriesMigration

Ask an Ornithologist: Mysteries of Migration

Top: Black Heron in flight, Bottom: Panelist photos

Webinar SeriesBiology

#AsTheCrowFlies: Cultural Connections

Black Heron in flight, images of panelists

Webinar SeriesBiology

#LearningToTakeFlight: Beginner Birders

Black Heron in flight and images of panelists

Webinar SeriesBiology

#InTheNest: Birding Mentors

Sketchbook of drawings and painting of Laughing Gulls

Webinar SeriesBiology

Live Painting with Science Illustrator Liz Clayton Fuller

heat map of bird migration in the united states

Webinar SeriesMigration

The BirdCast Dashboard: Live Radar Tracking of Bird Migration in Your County and State

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Dr. McGowan with bincoluars

Webinar SeriesBehaviorBird IDMigration

Preparing for Spring Birding: Ask an Ornithologist

Yellow-throated Warbler singing with image of mobile app

Webinar SeriesBird ID

Preparing for Spring Birding: a Merlin Q&A

American Wigeon on water next to eBird mobile app

Webinar SeriesBird IDMigration

Preparing for Spring Birding: an eBird Q&A

Carolina Wren perched on the letters GBBC

Webinar SeriesBird ID

Watching and Counting Birds is Fun: Tips for the Great Backyard Bird Count

Webinar SeriesBiology

The Science of Seduction: How Songs, Dances, and Displays Help Animals Win Their Mates

Falconer Rodney Stotts with hawk

Webinar SeriesConservation

Bird Brother: A Falconer's Journey and the Healing Power of Wildlife with Rodney Stotts

Mountain Chickadee

Brains + SensesFood + Foraging

How Chickadees Use Their Brains to Hide Seeds and Survive Harsh Winters

map with multiple markers

Webinar SeriesBird ID

How to Use eBird Trip Reports to Plan and Share Your Adventures

elephant

Webinar SeriesConservation

Meet the Elephant Listening Project: Saving African Forest Elephants Using Sound

heat map of bird migration in the united states

Webinar SeriesMigration

How the BirdCast Team Created Super-Accurate Bird "Forecasts"

Wood Thrush

Webinar SeriesMigration

Migratory Journeys Mapped: The Magic of eBird

Bar-headed Geese

Webinar SeriesMigration

Birds of the World: Amazing Migrations

American Kestre

Webinar SeriesMigration

Riveted by Raptors: A Look at Migration

Jane Kim

Webinar SeriesBiology

In the Studio with Science Illustrator Jane Kim

Gray Catbird

Webinar SeriesMigration

Fall Migration: Tips to Help Birds on Their Way

Blackburnian Warbler

Webinar SeriesMigration

How to Save Songbirds with Your Morning Coffee

Annas Hummingbird

Webinar SeriesBiology

How High-Energy Hummingbirds Survive—a Q&A with the Experts

Eastern Meadowlark singing

Webinar SeriesBird IDSongs + Calls

Who's Singing? How to Use Merlin Bird ID to Identify Bird Calls

Barn Owls sketch and painting

Webinar SeriesBiology

In the Studio with Scientific Illustrator Liz Clayton Fuller

Webinar SeriesHabitat

Gardening for Birds

Webinar SeriesBiology

#BirdsEyeView: Falconry with Rodney Stotts

Webinar SeriesBird ID

#BirdsOnMyBlock: Exploring Bird Apps with Black Birders Week

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Webinar SeriesBird IDMigration

Spring Migration: Get Ready for Great Birdwatching

Eastern Bluebirds

Webinar SeriesNesting

Backyard Bird Nest and Egg ID with NestWatch

Magnificent Riflebird

Webinar SeriesSongs + Calls

Explore Nature Through Sound and Music: Tropical Islands and Ocean

Mourning Dove

Webinar SeriesConservation

Watch Birds and Share the Joy: How to Participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count

Birds at a feeder

Webinar SeriesFood + Foraging

Study Battling Birds in Panama with Bird Cams Lab

Jane Kim

Webinar SeriesBiology

A Bird’s-Eye view of the Wall of Birds

Tufted Titmouse

Webinar SeriesFood + Foraging

Winter Bird Feeding 101 with Project FeederWatch

San Cristobal Mockingbird

Webinar SeriesSongs + Calls

Macaulay Library Live Q&A

Ruff

Webinar SeriesBird ID

Spotted owl

Webinar SeriesSongs + Calls

Exploring Nature Through Sound and Music

Webinar SeriesBiology

Get Out and Count for eBird’s October Big Day

Brant

Webinar SeriesConservation

Media that Matters: Natural History Filmmaking that Makes a Difference

Long-Billed Curlew

Webinar SeriesConservationMigration

Coastal Solutions: Building a Bold New Community to Address the Shorebird Crisis

Barn Swallow Map

Webinar SeriesMigration

Mapping Migration with eBird

Lights Out – Night Sky

Webinar SeriesMigration

Lights Out to Protect Migratory Birds

map of the united states

Webinar SeriesMigration

BirdCast: Learn When and Where Birds Migrate

Merlin (Taiga)

Webinar SeriesBird ID

Merlin Bird ID: Tips, Tricks, and Updates

Eastern Meadowlark

Webinar SeriesBird IDConservation

Uncover Historical Data with Nest Quest Go!

Song Sparrow singing

Webinar SeriesSongs + Calls

What's that bird song? ID birds by sound with BirdNet

Chickadee eggs in nest

Webinar SeriesConservationNesting

Nest Talk With Nestwatch

Seminar SeriesConservation

3 Billion Birds Gone: The Bird Crisis and What We Can Do About It

Seminar SeriesConservation

Can Drones Help Our Bird Populations?

Dark-eyed Junco

Biology

Journey of the Juncos: Migration and Adaptation in Our Changing World 

Ospreys at the nest

Seminar SeriesBiology

Ospreys Across the Pond: A European Osprey Tour

Jane Kim painting the Wall of Birds mural

Biology

The Wall of Birds

Amur Falcons

Seminar SeriesBehavior

A Galaxy of Falcons

Bird with Radar Antenna

Seminar SeriesMigration

Dark Ecology: Studying Night-time Bird Migration with Radar

Seminar SeriesEvolution

Where Song Began: The Birds Of Australia

REd-winged Blackbirds alarm calling

Seminar SeriesSongs + Calls

Bird Sounds Decoded

Seminar SeriesEvolution

Evolution Of Darwin’s Finches: Integrating Behavior, Ecology, And Genetics

Seminar SeriesBird ID

A Night At The Museum (Of Vertebrates)

Seminar SeriesBehaviorEvolution

Primates And Snakes: 75 Million Years of Deadly Dialogue?

North American Feeder Bird Illustration

Seminar SeriesBiology

The Project FeederWatch Team Answers Your Questions About Bird Feeding

Seminar SeriesConservation

Arthur Singer: 50 Years of Wildlife Art

Noah Strycker with stack of field guides

Seminar SeriesBird ID

Birding Without Borders: An Epic World Big Year

Collage of Bird Cams photos

Seminar SeriesNesting

Bird Cams Appreciation Night Presentation and Q&A Session

American Robin at nest with nestlings

Seminar SeriesNesting

Questions About Nesting Birds? Live From A Robin’s Nest, We’ve Got Answers

Juan Pablo Culasso in Antarctica

Seminar SeriesBird IDSongs + Calls

A World of Sound: A Blind Birdwatcher Shares His Story

Great Black-backed Gull stealing neighbor egg

Seminar SeriesBehavior

Of Islands And Undergrads: Bird Study In The Isles Of Shoals

Cat with bird

Seminar SeriesConservation

Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences Of A Cuddly Killer

Collage of coffee shop signs

Seminar SeriesConservation

Coffee, Communities, And Conservation: How Your Cup Can Make A Difference

Frances Hamerstrom with Golden Eagle

Seminar SeriesConservation

Alone In This Remote Place: The Pioneering Women Biologists of New York’s Raptor Recovery Programs

Common Yellowthroat male

Seminar SeriesBehaviorEvolution

Spotlight On Young Bird Researchers

Kakapo painting

Seminar SeriesEvolution

The Marriage Of Art And Science: A One-Of-A-Kind Mural Of Birds

Dunlin and Pacific flyway map

Seminar SeriesConservation

BirdReturns: How Big Data and Farmers are Protecting the Pacific Flyway

We're for the Birds poster by Charlie Harper

Seminar SeriesConservation

To Interpret and Conserve: The Cornell Lab at 100 Years

Jane Kim Painting Yutyrranus

Seminar SeriesEvolution

Talk to the Artist: An Epic Mural Celebrates The Evolution and Diversity of Birds

Cover of Into the Nest by Laura Erickson and Marie Read and

Seminar SeriesBehavior

Into the Nest: Intimate Views of the Courting, Parenting, and Family Lives of Familiar Birds

Project Puffin book cover

Seminar SeriesConservation

Project Puffin: The Improbable Quest to Bring a Beloved Seabird Back to Egg Rock

Southern Cassowary

Seminar SeriesConservationFood + Foraging

Uphill Struggles: Cassowaries, Seeds, and Conservation in New Guinea

Adelie Penguin

Behavior

Life in an Adelie Penguin Colony—Live From Antarctica