COLUMBUS, OH -- Birding enthusiasts can now view Ohio songbirds up close through the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) web site at www.ohiodnr.com
A new feature of the ODNR web site, "Birdwatcher Cam" provides Internet users with live, real-time photographs of Ohio's feathered residents and visitors as they feed and preen at feeders in Quail Hollow State Park in Stark County. "Birdwatcher Cam" is active 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily through February.
"Birdwatcher Cam gives us the opportunity to see some of our feathered friends up close right from our personal computers," said Laura Jones of ODNR. "We hope viewers enjoy this "window" to our natural world and that it increases interest in bird watching, already one of Ohio's most popular outdoor activities."
Common birds to visit the Quail Hollow State Park birdfeeder where "Birdwatcher Cam" is focused are the cardinal, blue jay, house finch, black-capped chickadee, downy woodpecker and dark-eyed junco.