Bird Cams Around the World

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doesn't look like the Maine falcon can will be running this spring. Here is the news from Patrick:

Hi folks, we have been looking into options for this system. Due to required maintenance on site we have had to remove the outward viewing perspective which is what hosted our microphone. We also had our onsite computer die earlier in the year. So, we have a functioning camera and are trying to determine how to provide this stream to the internet in the most efficient way to avoid maintenance and streaming costs...which through ustream are about $500/month for 4,000 viewer hours-a viewer hour is one person watching the camera for one hour so this number adds up quickly. With ten people watching the camera 24/7 we would start incurring additional charges of $.25 per viewer hour after about 17 days. We have not been successful in the past at fundraising to cover the costs that we incur to operate this or our other webcams-which includes additional time for system maintenance, communications, website work. Beyond this our goal is to use these webcams as educational tools to share information about these birds and their behaviors. We are looking for possible solutions but I am not feeling too hopeful about this year. Thanks for all your support and understanding. I hope we can devise a plan to move this system forward.

Sorry I do not know much about this cam's owner, but perhaps local companies that can partner with the costs could help with funding for the following year....via advertising in the nestbox/or website.
Educational tool = grant's to apply for...if operator/owner is a non profit organization...
However, these are obviously not short term soulutions

Thanks from me, too, Mac. That is disappointing, but it doesn't sound like they have many options.

I'm sure the challenges are great with it being on a bridge that moves and is over salt water, exposed to much wind and sea salt it is a bigger challenge than a city cam. Plus is a very difficult to even get to the camera. I'm sure the birds will nest there again and raise a family, we just won't get to watch.

Bummer but we don't want anyone birds/humans to get hurt and sure understand the money problems

Mac, you should suggest Wild Earth to him. We didn't pay those high fees for Richmond, but things may have changed. I think Wild Earth has a negotiated group rate.

Wouldn't it be nice if the gentleman that gave money to the Decorah, Iowa site (Eagle nestcam)
would like to have a presence in Maine...

I know that Decorah is sponsored by the Raptor Resource Project - (a Decorah-based non-profit that works
to preserve and strengthen raptor populations). But I remember Barb/SgB/Mick talking about a guy from California that paid
for all the eqipment for the Eagle nest plus serveral other nestcams.-

Well, son-of-a-gun, it sure is on. I didn't even bother posting the cam link since I didn't think we'd have one, but I'm adding it now!

It says live but that is the same picture that was on hours ago. Maybe its work in progress, it was a fickle cam last year

Sorry, I forgot to post this here yesterday; Angélique took a screenshot and we think we see three eggs:

There are 4 eggs and the cam is a work in progress with spurts of being live and then long stretches of frozen views. But we know for sure there are 4 eggs,