Cornell Lab Migration Celebration

Our annual celebration returns! Experience the interactive and accessible exhibits of the Visitor Center and participate in a range of community activities scheduled throughout the day. We hope you’ll join us for this free and family-friendly event.

• Learn about the threat of glass collision to birds and explore ways that you can make your own windows safer with DIY glass-treatments.
• Examine bird migration radar images and browse recent migration observations and forecasts with BirdCast staff.
• Discover all the exciting learning opportunities waiting for you at Bird Academy with videos, ID guides and the brand new BirdWise quizzing platform.
• Use microphones to explore the world of bird identification with the makers of Merlin Bird ID.
• Explore how the field of bioacoustics is inspired by the sounds of different ecosystems, and how recordings are made and interpreted with the K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics.
• Find out how Lab members support our cause and help birds around the world.
• Pick from your favorite bird inspired designs and have your face painted by the Lab’s resident scientific illustrators. 
• Dive into migratory bird tracking research with the Macaulay Library and learn how radio telemetry, GPS tagging, and other techniques impact conservation decisions.
• Explore optics with Wild Birds Unlimited; featuring Zeiss, Swarovski, and Nikon.
• Participate in activities led by the Cornell Lab K-12 team, including Guess That Silhouette and Pair the Stuffed Bird with the Photo.
• Meet members of the Cayuga Bird Club and learn about their work encouraging and facilitating bird conservation activities locally for more than a century.