Tag: cornell lab of ornithology

“Reality TV” for Birds–in High Def

GW:  Love this stuff!  Sometimes I just have it on with sound, while doing something else.  The audio is like an alarm when there’s some action.  Like the eaglecam, too at http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles#utm_source=Ustreamsocials&u%E2%80%8Btm_media=Facebook&utm_campaign=%E2%80%8Bdecoraheagles

Ithaca, NY–In a first for technology and for bird watching, thousands of people watched live this weekend as a tiny Great Blue Heron emerged from an egg in between its father’s gigantic feet. Read more

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Snowy Surprise: Hawk Eggs Hatch as Thousands Watch

Ithaca, New York–On Earth Day this past Sunday, two Red-tailed Hawk eggs began to hatch in a nest 70 feet above the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, New York. Thousands of viewers from around the world watched a live camera feed from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology online, waiting for the first glimpse of the chicks.
Then darkness fell, and snow began to fall.
“By morning, snow was piled high

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Swarovski Sponsors eBird Website

Ithaca, NY–The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is pleased to announced that the eBird website will now be sponsored by Swarovski Optik North America. The eBird program is a real-time, online checklist program, that collects more than a milllion bird observations each month from bird watchers around the world. (www.ebird.org) eBird data are visualized in charts, maps, and graphs which can be used by students, researchers, land managers, and conservationists needing detailed information about the numbers and distribution of birds. Read more

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