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African waterholes

6

Six waterholes between Kenya and South Africa. In the dry season everything that needs water queues up here.

Time of day unknown

Okaukuejo

Namibia, Etosha-Nationalpark, Namibia

Status unknownNamibia Wildlife Resorts
Time of day unknown

Tembe

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Südafrika

Status unknownExplore.org / Africam
Time of day unknown

Victoria Falls

Zimbabwe, Victoria Falls, Simbabwe

Status unknownAfricam
Time of day unknown

ol Donyo

Kenya, Chyulu Hills, Kenia

Status unknownAfricam
Time of day unknown

Lentorre

Kenya, Südrift, Kenia

Status unknownAfricam

Bear season

2

From July to September the salmon climb Alaska's rivers, and the bears are already there. In Manitoba the polar bears wait for the sea ice from November.

Time of day unknown

Brooks Falls

United States, Katmai-Nationalpark, Alaska

Status unknownExplore.org / National Park Service

Underwater

4

Reef, kelp forest and riverbed: four cameras sit below the surface, one of them in the port of Miami.

Time of day unknown

Coral City

United States, PortMiami, Florida

Status unknownCoral Morphologic
Time of day unknown

Anacapa

United States, Channel Islands, Kalifornien

Status unknownExplore.org / National Park Service
Time of day unknown

Utila

Honduras, Utila, Honduras

Status unknownExplore.org / Utopia Village
Time of day unknown

Unterwasser Katmai

United States, Brooks River, Alaska

Status unknownExplore.org / National Park Service

Nests and eyries

6

Eagles, ospreys, an albatross and a penguin colony, each from a few metres away — from Iowa via the Hebrides to the subantarctic. Breeding follows the calendar, not the clock.

Time of day unknown

North Uist

United Kingdom, North Uist, Äußere Hebriden

Status unknownUist Forest Retreat
Time of day unknown

Loch of the Lowes

United Kingdom, Dunkeld, Perthshire

Status unknownScottish Wildlife Trust
Time of day unknown

Port Lincoln

Australia, Port Lincoln, Südaustralien

Status unknownFriends of Osprey
Time of day unknown

Sydney

Australia, Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales

Status unknownBirdLife Australia
Time of day unknown

Big Bear

United States, Big Bear Lake, Kalifornien

Status unknownFriends of Big Bear Valley

Rivers and crossings

2

Banks where herds cross. Between July and October the Mara is the busiest place in the catalogue.

Time of day unknown

Mara River

Kenya, Masai Mara, Kenia

Status unknownAfricam
Time of day unknown

Boteti

Botswana, Boteti River, Botswana

Status unknownAfricam

Woods and feeders

6

Reliable all year: six cameras at trails, feeding tables and water bowls — from Jutland via Panama to the cloud forest of Ecuador.

Time of day unknown

Dänischer Wald

Denmark, Jütland, Dänemark

Status unknownMorten Hilmer / Nature Live Camera
Time of day unknown

Sapsucker Woods

United States, Ithaca, New York

Status unknownCornell Lab of Ornithology
Time of day unknown

Panama

Panama, El Valle de Antón, Panama

Status unknownCornell Lab / Canopy Lodge
Time of day unknown

Punta Islita

Costa Rica, Punta Islita, Guanacaste

Status unknownMacaw Recovery Network / explore.org
Time of day unknown

Pretoria

South Africa, Pretoria, Südafrika

Status unknownAllen Birdcam

Mountains and heights

3

Three cameras above the plain: a sierra in Andalusia, the coastal mountains of California and an eyrie north of Madrid.

Time of day unknown

Sierra Morena

Spain, Sierra Morena, Jaén

Status unknownDIRECTO NATURA
Time of day unknown

Guadarrama

Spain, Sierra de Guadarrama, Spanien

Status unknownSEO/BirdLife

Coming back

4

These cameras are asleep — an empty nest, or a river without salmon. When they return is written on each tile.

Time of day unknown

Wapusk

Canada, Wapusk-Nationalpark, Manitoba

OfflineExplore.org / Parks Canada

Out of season

Time of day unknown

Antipodeninsel

New Zealand, Antipodeninsel, Neuseeland

OfflineThe Tawaki Project

Out of season