Owl Cams
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Special thanks to Mark Tong, of Silyco.com for the hours he has spent getting our cams on Ustream. Note: Some of these are flash driven, we are working on how to make them available on IPads and IPhones
We currently have four boxes set up for your viewing pleasure. When the cameras are live you should start to see activities soon, as November/December is the time when male owls start courting.
Please scroll down the page for information and links on each box. It is hoped that viewing these barn owls will be educational and create an awareness and caring for owls and all wildlife. NOTE: WE ARE HAVING A TECHNICAL ISSUE WITH OWL CAM 2. Hungry Owl Project does not endorse the advertisements that come with the free U-stream service and we do not currently moderate the chat room or social stream.
Box One: Point Reyes Station, Marin County, CA
Point Reyes Station is a farming and ranchland area and is perfect habitat for barn owls who provide valuable, organic pest control to the landowners. This box is at an elementary school in West Marin. The live stream for this box is through ustream.com and it is not always "on air" for viewing. When it is on you can click the arrow to start the stream, or go to ustream.com to participate in the chat features.
Box Two: San Anselmo, Marin County, CA
This is not a stream, but a camera that refreshes the image automatically every 20 seconds. The box is located on a redwood tree adjacent to a playing field of a school. Last year the box was inhabited and a group of owlets fledged. Already this year we are seeing an owl visiting regularly. THIS OWL CAM IS AWAITING TECHNICAL HELP
Box Three: Nicasio, Marin County, California
Live streaming video with chat. Nicasio, near Pt. Reyes, is also farming and ranchland area and is perfect habitat for barn owls who provide valuable, organic pest control to the landowners. This box is on the wall of an elementary school with a camera that feeds into the classroom too. The live stream for this box is throught ustream.com and it is not alwys "on air" for viewing. When it is on you can click the arrow to start the stream, or go to ustream.com to participate in the chat features. Hungry Owl Project does not endorse the advertisements that come with this free live-stream provider and we do not currently moderate the chat room or social stream.
In the spring of 2011, to the delight of their fans, Salt & Pepper (named by the children) raised another family of owlets. They now have their own group on Facebook as well! This group is not run by Hungry Owl, but by a group of devoted and trusted cam watchers.
Box Four: Ross, Marin County, CA
This box is different. We use this box each year to 'hack out" foster owls that we have rescued. Hacked out means the owlets are left alone at all times except for once a day when an intrepid volunteer climbs a ladder to the box and drops in food, similar to what the adult owls would be doing at this point. Once the owlets can feed themselves, both parents spend their time hunting and dropping off food. This is the best chance these owlets have for a wild life: keeping them away from people and the danger of becoming habituated (too tame) to us.
We expect to use this box throughout the 2011/2012 nesting season.
The live stream for this box is through ustream.com. When it is on you can click the arrow to start the stream, or go to ustream.com to participate in the chat features. Hungry Owl Project does not endorse the advertisements that come with this free live-stream provider and we do not currently moderate the chat room or social stream.