Phenological species monitoring is crucial to determining the impacts of climate change on key indicator species (Diez et al. 2012, Ibáñez 2010). The Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve (OWC NERR) is one of two reserves operating under the National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS): a division of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) established in 1960 (Herdendorf et al. 2006). The OWC NERR runs a phenological program with 9 species monitoring initiatives including all-inclusive avian species, nest box monitoring with native cavity nesters such as tree swallows, bald eagle nesting data, and lungless salamander population data. The OWC NERR conducts research through citizen science by having volunteers make observations and collect data across initiatives over time. Using citizen science as a collection method may lead to the introduction of specific forms of biases and errors that must be overcome to draw meaningful conclusions. The OWC NERR asked our team to examine data from the selected initiatives and to attempt to answer the research questions they provided