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Questions About Birds?
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Membership Services
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Media Inquiries
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Licensing Requests
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Participation in Lab Projects and Courses
For questions about logging in or participating in Lab projects and courses, please email the appropriate project team. See the list below or search our directory.
- Bird Academy: birdacademy@cornell.edu
- Bird Cams: birdcams@cornell.edu
- K-12 Education: k12lab@cornell.edu
- Celebrate Urban Birds: urbanbirds@cornell.edu
- eBird: support form
- Great Backyard Bird Count: gbbc@cornell.edu
- Macaulay Library: macaulaylibrary@cornell.edu
- Merlin: support form
- NestWatch: nestwatch@cornell.edu
- Project FeederWatch: Join or renew on our secure signup page. For other questions, email feederwatch@cornell.edu.
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