Bird Webcams to Watch in July 2008

Posted by Rosemary Drisdelle Jun 30, 2008

Many birds have already left the nest, but some species still have eggs or young. From June’s webcams, Osprey and Wood Storks remain in the nest, but they'll fledge soon. Here are more cams for July.

Purple Martin: New York Wild aims a webcam at a Purple Martin colony (Progne subis) on Lake Ontario near Rochester, New York. This is a repeat: last month we watched a female Purple Martin lay eggs and incubate them. Now both parents bring food to the nestlings. This camera switches from live streaming video inside the nest to a live view of the colony.

Eastern Bluebird: Camstreams Easy Streaming hosts live streaming video of a bluebird (Sialia sialis) nest in Charlotte, North Carolina. Four chicks hatched on June 29. The camera looks down while hungry chicks turn open mouths straight up. The picture is slightly fuzzy but you can still see a lot.

Eastern Phoebe: This live camera is hosted by Warner Nature Center. The well-focused camera (refreshes every 20 seconds) looks down on a nest holding five eggs of the Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe), located in Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota. Incubation started June 20.

Chimney Swift: Falcons and Friends is behind this video of a Chimney Swift nest (Chaetura pelagica) in Glenham, New York. A female has been sitting on four eggs since June 19. The camera (picture refreshes every 20 seconds) looks horizonatlly at a fragile looking construction of slender twigs glued to a wall.

European Kingfisher: This camera hosted by Vogelbescherming, Nederland shows live streaming video of the favorite perch of a European Kingfisher—Ijsvogel—Alcedo atthis. If the bird’s not there, watch any of the videos listed on the right. If you can read it (Dutch?) there’s a lengthy log below.