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Recently, the importance of 'citizen science', a technology that enables citizens to collect a large amount of data in the field of environmental planning and management, is being discussed around the world. In particular, the application of citizen science in the field of nature and ecological monitoring that requires extensive, quantitative, and qualitatively rich data can be expected to reduce research costs and secure large amounts of data within a short period of time. However, unlike the monitoring method made up of experts in the past, citizen science is the subject of non-expert citizens, so data collection must be carried out in consideration of data reliability and errors. This study confirmed how effective the data is in comparison with the existing expert-based survey method when citizens participate in urban ecosystem artificial bird nest monitoring. For about six months from February to August 2021, an artificial bird nest monitoring project was conducted for citizens in Suwon. Each participant installed the assigned artificial bird nest in an area with abundant green spaces such as forests, parks, and roadside trees, and monitored artificial bird nest according to the guidance of the researchers and recorded the contents through mobile applications. During the same period, the research team monitored the artificial bird nest in the Cheonan area and recorded it separately. As a result, a total of 98 citizens participated in the project, and 180 (87.3%) artificial bird nests were installed throughout Suwon. In addition, 1163 artificial bird nest monitoring activities were recorded, and traces of bird use were found in 57 birdhouses out of 180 artificial birdhouses. The citizen-based artificial bird nest monitoring project conducted in Suwon-si was able to monitor the wide-area target site within the same period, breaking away from the time limit that occurs in the existing expert-based monitoring activities. However, in the case of professional survey items such as the life history of birds, it was insufficiently prepared, and as the project was prolonged, the participation of citizens tended to decrease. In future research, it is considered necessary to explore complementary points for the monitoring program and organize a systematic monitoring program by conducting surveys at the same time.