The site includes information about the pandas, updates, and links to blogs.Ī offers several options to choose from (look to the column on the left of the homepage): Cams in South Africa, Tanzania, Egypt, and North America. Live stream of Bai Yun and her 19-week-old cub, Yun Zi, at the zoo’s Giant Panda research station. They’re currently at their fourteenth migration stopover in Hardin County, TN. This live-streaming cam moves with the magnificent birds. Watch: International Wolf Center web cams During the summer, they’re more likely to be inside, escaping the heat. As the site explains, the den is the primary resting spot for wolves during the winter months, where they lie on beds of straw for added warmth. This morning, it showed a gorgeous white wolf and two others moving around the den. Great white sharks and gray, blue, and humpback whales inhabit the surrounding waters. This live streaming web cam lets you observe a slice of the coast in Farallon National Wildlife Refuge, home to 13 species of seabirds, five species of seals and sea lions, and land birds. Here are 10 web cams from around the globe that give a glimpse into the daily routines of animals from bald eagles to ants to otters.įARALLON NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, off San Francisco, CA But thanks to cutting-edge technology, we can see, in real time, hummingbirds in South America and wolves in Minnesota. At long last, my aching soul rested easy.Farallon National Wildlife Refuge, courtesy US FWSįor most of us, it can be difficult to get a daily nature fix. I marched to the gift shop, past the sweaters, post cards and other lame touristy things and bought my puffin mug. This time, any snack breaks, bathroom trips or customs process would wait. In my case, this came in the form of a second layover in Reykjavik Airport. But while I genuinely hunted for coffee in the Amsterdam “coffee shops,” or lost myself in the gardens of Versailles, I never forgot. I boarded a plane, wrenching me from puffins and plopping me into a world of windmills and wooden clogs. Where were the puffins hopping to? Did it matter? Could it be love? I still wasn’t sure, but I sure liked the way they waddled and the way they flapped their flippers to gain altitude on their hops. Puffin Socks, Puffin plushies, Puffin keychains. Love is a process one which deepens and blooms with every passing puffin. Barbie provides a link to live HD cams where one can watch puffins on their loafing ledge. The extra salt dribbles out of their nostrils.”ĭying yet? I won’t spoil all of the puffin fun (PufFUN?) but WAIT. “Puffins can drink salt water and separate the salty brine in their salt glands, located over their eyes. “Did you know that Puffins can sit on your breakfast table? Puffins are usually ten inches tall, which is about the height of a quart of milk” Barbara, the literary master, provides excellent light reading with an array of puffin facts. And also because I would rather not associate breakfast with obituaries and economic crises. Some read the newspaper with their morning coffee. But the spirits of my puffin friends guided me. I never know if the plastic bag will explode, erupting fresh oat nuggets all over the counters and floors. I use times like these to also catch up on my grocery shopping! Not really, but Puffins Cereal sat conveniently close to the soy milk, so I filched a box and ran back to my barista isolation corner. This meant that I had to prance from my station, into the grocery aisles to snatch a few more soy milks. The opportune moment arose when a customer ordered a soy latte. After selling two boxes of Babara’s Peanut Butter Puffins Cereal yesterday, I knew it was time.
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