Nesting Bird Web Cams

A Selection of Webcams Showing Nests and Growing Nestlings

© Rosemary Drisdelle

May 31, 2007

It’s spring in the northern hemisphere and lots of birds are nesting around the world. Peak in on some of them through these web cams.


Setting up a web cam to watch birds in the nest has become very popular, and at this time of year, there’s lots of web cam viewing to be enjoyed on various internet sites. Here’s a short list of webcams to get you started:

Common Swift

A skilled flyer that nests in tree cavities or caves.

Peregrine Falcon

A rare raptor found almost anywhere in the world that nests on cliffs and, not uncommonly, on ledges of tall buildings.

White Storks

A large wading bird that breeds in Europe, Asia, and Africa in trees, on buidings or on specially built platforms.

Wood Duck

A duck that nests in nest boxes in the eastern and northwestern United States, and a few parts of southern Canada.

Other spring and summer birding activities:

Be a citizen scientist birdwatcher for the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology

See Harbor Herons in New York


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