[bcbirdclub] Re: Cornell Lab eNews Flash: Great Blue Heron Cams, Live!
- From: Michelle Talbott <mjtalbott625@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "mjt@xxxxxxxxxxx" <mjt@xxxxxxxxxxx>, 'BCBC Listserve' <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 08:23:31 -0700 (PDT)
Wow! This GBH cam is great. It's exciting to know that little GBHs are under
that calm parent, just waiting to hatch. I see GBHs here in Kentucky, of
course, but I really miss watching them along the Levisa. Thanks, Jerry, for
this close-up look at the NY family.
Michelle
From: Jerry Thornhill <mjt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: 'BCBC Listserve' <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 1, 2012 6:08 PM
Subject: [bcbirdclub] Cornell Lab eNews Flash: Great Blue Heron Cams, Live!
You’ve seen eagle cams and osprey cams. Now enjoy a GBH cam.
Jerry
See gorgeous live video of nesting Great Blue Herons from the Cornell Lab of
Ornithology's Sapsucker Woods Pond! Email not displaying correctly?
View it in your browser.
For the fourth year, Great Blue Herons have claimed the nest in a huge dead
tree in Sapsucker Woods Pond. See live stream
Cornell Lab eNews Flash
Great Blue Herons Join Our LIVE Nest Cam Roster
A Great Blue Heron nest in a massive white-oak snag outside our office is our
newest live-streaming nest camera. We'd like to invite you to watch along with
us as these magnificent birds begin their nesting activities for the year.
The Great Blue Herons have nested in this snag for the last four years. We can
see the nest from our staff lounge, and in years past we've enjoyed guessing
when the eggs would hatch, watching for the day the chicks' little beaks first
appear over the nest rim, and following them as they grow to four-foot tall
adolescents. This year you'll be able to watch their progress from virtually
inside the nest.
The herons returned to the nest in mid-March and soon began courting: bringing
twigs, standing side by side in the nest, clattering their bills, and nipping
at each other. To get good views of these large birds, we've installed two
cameras that stream simultaneously, one from above the nest and the other at
nest level. The lower camera can record even in dark conditions and streams all
night long.
Last night at around 7:30 p.m., the heron laid her first egg! Tune in to keep
watching for the next eggs. Great Blue Herons typically lay eggs every two
days, sometimes three, until the clutch is complete. After that it will be
25–30 days before the chicks hatch, and they will spend another 7–8 weeks in
the nest before they fledge. We hope you'll join us as we watch this all unfold!
As with our Red-tailedHawknest camera, we've put the heron camera onto a
temporary page at All About Birds so you don't miss the early action. The site
will be live 24 hours a day and the upper camera's video can be streamed in HD.
You can also watch on mobile devices such as smartphones and iPads. A
full-featured BirdCams site will launch in late April with more birds.
We've enjoyed having these herons outside our windows in years past, and we
hope you enjoy them too!
www.allaboutbirds.org/cornellherons
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