How did my number get attached to a different online account?

When you use any Cornell Lab citizen science web site such as eBird or NestWatch, you remain logged in with whatever user account you used on that site unless you choose to sign out. If you come to the Your Data section of the FeederWatch site already signed in with an account you have used for FeederWatch in the past, your ID number will automatically attach to that user account.

If you come signed in with an account you haven’t used for FeederWatch in the past, you will be asked to enter your ID number. At that point, your ID number remains attached to that account for the remainder of the season.

If you are being asked to enter an ID number and your ID number is already assigned to a different account, that means that you signed out or cleared the cookie for the account you had been signed in with and then you signed in with a different online account. An ID number can only be attached to one account for the season.

In the fall, all IDs are cleared out. You can change online accounts the first time you visit the Your Data section of our website each fall, but you must be signed in with the account you want to use before you visit our site.