Bird Cams

The Virginia Institute of Marine Science at Gloucester Point has just announced the launch of its "OspreyCam."  It's a live web camera overlooking an osprey nest on top of the 65 foot water tower adjacent to the VIMS property on the York River.

The OspreyCam becomes the second bird of prey cam in Hampton Roads.  The first was the Eagle Cam at Norfolk Botanical Gardens.

Incidentally, The Eagle Cam is the only camera known to have captured anything of the meteor that flashed across the Eastern Seaboard in 2009.  You'll see a brief flash of light in this silent video footage.  About 30 seconds later, an Eagle does its impression of the "dramatic squirrel" when the sonic boom hits.

My favorite bird cam, however, features one of our tiniest birds.  The Hummingbird Nest Cam is pointed at an Allen's Hummingbird nest that sits in a rose bush in Orange County, California.

Link:
News release announcing the OspreyCam