We welcome everybody to take part within the stay chat. Our chat is managed by volunteer moderators who assist to reply questions and who preserve the chat a secure, welcoming, and academic place to share details about birds in actual time. We ask that each one moderators and members observe the rules beneath. Thanks!
Find out how to log in to the chat
To take part in Cornell Hawks chat, you will have to create a Google Account for those who don’t have one already.
You do not want to log in to learn the chat. With a view to remark within the chat, you will have sign into YouTube with your Google Account and be subscribed to the Cornell Lab Bird Cams YouTube channel.
To entry chat, open the chat window by clicking the “Chat” button above the Cornell Hawks cam live stream. Should you’re not logged in/subscribed and the chat is at the moment open, you’ll see a message stating, “Subscribers-only mode. Messages that seem are from individuals who subscribe to this channel.”
Bear in mind that the chat could also be closed throughout components of the day, and also you gained’t be capable to sort within the chat until it’s through the scheduled chat hours. In case you have issue signing in, try this YouTube Help troubleshooting guide.
Cornell Hawks Chat Hours
In 2024, the Cornell Hawks stay chat is open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Beginning April 27, be a part of us on the chat on Monday, Wednesday, Saturday from 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. ET; Tuesday from 1:00 P.M. to three:00 P.M. ET; and Thursday from 12:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M. ET, pending availability of moderators and employees.
Find out how to Chat
- Click on the “Chat” icon situated subsequent to the “Updates” icon above the stay stream, which can open a window subsequent to the stay cam.
- You may additionally come out the chat window utilizing the “popout” setting on the underside of the window.
- To maneuver the chat window, click on and drag the gray bar on the prime. You’ll be able to place it anyplace you want.
Guiding Rules of Fowl Cams Chat
Please preserve these requirements of habits in thoughts always.
Respect always
Individuals of all ages and backgrounds watch our cams, together with schoolchildren. Please use language that’s applicable for youngsters to learn, and be form and respectful always, through the day and at night time. Keep away from private assaults and delicate or divisive feedback on matters similar to faith, politics, race, and orientation. We’re right here to speak in regards to the birds!
We’re right here for the birds
Please preserve the chat on-topic, particularly throughout busy occasions when the chat flows shortly. Share observations and concepts in regards to the birds and different wildlife. Please preserve private statements to a minimal. When the chat quantity is manageable, we encourage you to share favourite sources and hyperlinks to details about birds, however please ask the moderator on responsibility whether it is OK to submit a hyperlink earlier than doing so. We additionally ask that you don’t promote items and companies. Please don’t chat in ALL CAPS since this will make the chat tougher to observe and will come throughout to others as “yelling.”
Moderators have a difficult job
Our volunteer moderators do their best to reply questions, nevertheless it’s unattainable for them to reply all of them, particularly when the chat may be very busy. Please be affected person and understanding. Moderators are folks, too! It’s not simple to reasonable a real-time chat. Please thank the moderators for giving us all the chance to talk.
Please don’t give out private data
Keep in mind that there are millions of folks watching the chat. Please don’t give out personally identifiable data similar to names, e-mail and postal addresses, and cellphone numbers.
Lecturers and school rooms within the chat
We regularly get visits from Okay-12 school rooms in our Fowl Cams chat. When school rooms are concerned within the chat, please additionally enable time for lecturers to ask questions and moderators to answer. Thanks!
Your suggestions is vital to us
You’ll be able to assist us present the absolute best service by letting us know what’s working properly within the chat, or how we are able to enhance. To ship your feedback, e-mail us at birdcams@cornell.edu. We learn all messages, though we remorse that when the quantity is excessive, we could not be capable to reply personally to every one. Thanks to your understanding.
Benefit from the birds
Thanks for becoming a member of us to observe the birds, and for contributing your questions, observations, and concepts within the Fowl Cams chat.