ITHACA (AP) -- Impossibly cute baby herons and their prehistoric-looking parents are in clear view on dual high-definition "nestcams" at Cornell University.
John Fitzpatrick, director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, says Monday that thelive-streaming video cameras are providing scientists with new insights into the behavior of great blue herons. He says more than half a million people from 166 countries have watched the heron cam since March 27.
Four chicks covered with gray fluff have hatched. One sky-blue egg remained Monday in the nest of sticks high in a tree overlooking a pond in Cornell's Sapsucker Woods.
Clips of notable events are posted on the website, including an attack by great horned owls.
The lab also has a high-definition nestcam at a red-tailed hawk nest on campus.
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