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Showing posts with label Bird nest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bird nest. Show all posts

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Great Blue Heron Cam

In the last post I talked about the Hawk Cam  that  Cornell University has online, now they have a Great Blue Heron Cam posted. In 2009 Great Blue Herons started building a nest at this site and early this year the university put up a couple of cameras which are online now. The herons returned about 10 days ago and the female layed her first egg just yesterday. Even though the Hawk Cam operates 24/7 it is hard to see what is going on after nightfall. With the Heron Cam one of the cameras takes good night video, so you can check at any hour and still see good pictures. To Check out the Heron Cam follow this link. 
Heron Cam


 Below are a couple a pictures of the nest. The video is much better than the screen captures below.

Great Blue Heron on it's nest.
Great Blue Heron on nest. 
Night shot of Great Blue Heron on nest.
Night shot of Great Blue Heron on nest. 


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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Hawk Cam

There is a pair of Red-tailed Hawks that have had a nest above Cornell University's athletic fields and the university has installed a live web cam over the nest. As I write this there are 2 eggs in the nest. You will be able to watch live stream as the hawks take turns incubating the eggs and raise their chicks. There is also a chat for watchers to discuss what is going on in the nest as it happens. Below is a screen shot that I captured this afternoon. To check-out the birds go to http://www.livestream.com/cornellhawks. The camera operates 24/7, although there is not much to see at night.
Nesting Red-tailed Hawk at Cornell Universtiy
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