Category Archives: Bird Cam

Popular Hawk Cam from NYC is back! (video)

If you’re like me, chances are you’re sick and tired of hackneyed reality shows with all that fighting and drama. Nevertheless, there’s one reality show with a history of drama, fascination and controversy I’m definitely going to watch this year: The New York Times‘ Hawk Cam. For those unfamiliar with the Hawk Cam, in conjunction [...]

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Take a look into the world of birds through live birdcams

Technology is really amazing. I’m not just saying that because I enjoy the fact that I can buy stamps without going to the crowded post office and I can video chat with my little niece and nephew across the country. While you might criticize technology’s effect on nature and the world as we know it, [...]

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Famous eagles take flight as the show’s end draws near

Since two Bald Eagles in Decorah, Iowa, laid their eggs on February 23, the family of five have amassed hundreds of millions of viewers from their high-quality webcam. However, this week, the three young eaglets have taken their maiden voyage, causing distressed viewers to post on the Facebook page that they have “empty-nest syndrome” and [...]

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Tragedy at a Sparrowhawk’s Nest

With webcams squarely focused on the nests of birds around the world, I predicted that eventually we’d be forced to see the grim reality of nature where things don’t always work out as well as the Decorah eagles, which has just become the most watched live stream ever with more than 100 million views. Well, [...]

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‘Hawk Cam’ Gives Look Into World of Man and Bird

In what initially set out to be a way for people to marvel at the impossibility, a pair of hawks raising babies in the shadow of skyscrapers, has turned into the microcosm of man’s clumsy interaction with nature. Today, The New York Times featured a great piece documenting the strange relationship between people and the [...]

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Miracle From A Red-Tailed Hawks Nest

Just a day after the New York Times reported that it’s very unlikely three Red-Tailed Hawk eggs in a nest outside New York University would hatch, a miracle happened on that ledge high above the city: the eggs began hatching. These hawk eggs are not just run-of-the-mill hawks, but became celebrities after the Times set [...]

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