October 24th, 2024: Our “CahowCam1” pair have returned for the start of the 2024/25 nesting season. Watch the LiveStreams below…

This is the homepage for the LIVE-streaming “CahowCams” (link to: Cam1 - Cam2 - Cam3) broadcasting from underground nesting burrows of the Bermuda Petrel or "Cahow". They are an IUCN Red Listed, “critically endangered” Lazarus Species, one of the rarest seabirds on the planet that nest only on Nonsuch Island and a few outer rocks in Bermuda. Thought extinct for 300+ years, 17 pairs were re-discovered in the 1950's, since when thanks to a long-term management plan and a more recent very successful translocation project they are back up to 165+ pairs. In the 2022/2023 nesting season (the season starts in November of one year and extends to June in the following year) there were 156 eggs laid (1 per pair, per year) from which 76+ chicks successfully fledged.

2024/25 is the 12th Season that LookBermuda’s Nonsuch Expeditions custom-built “CahowCam” infrared camera systems stream LIVE video (and the 13th recording video) from the underground nesting burrows, from Colony “A” on Nonsuch Island in Bermuda; from which over the years, millions of minutes of footage have been watched by scientists, students, and followers from around the World!

This Season’s internet access is being provided by Digicel, who we thank for their support!

The current 2024/25 Nesting Season officially starts in mid-October, (earlier and earlier each year as it used to start in November), when the Cahow pairs returned to their burrows for a month of nest building, courtship and mating. They then head back to sea for December to feed, and the females returned in early January to lay their single egg. If successful, the eggs hatched late February / beginning of March and the chicks then will fledge late May /early June, all of which can be followed here. You may also view highlights of the prior nesting seasons further down this page.

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LIVE>>> CahowCam 1 LiveStream

October 24th, 2024: Our “CahowCam1” pair have returned for the start of the 2024/25 nesting season. Watch the LIVEstream above.

ARCHIVE & Prior Season Highlights

ARCHIVE January 8th 2023 @3:15am: The female has now returned and then as predicted by Jeremy, supported by a decade of CahowCam observations, exactly an hour later she laid her single egg! Watch the Archive Replay

ARCHIVE Feb 26th 2022: The hatching process is well underway! First pip was seen @ 2:32 am, three pips @ 3:24 am, a large pip at 4:12 am, then peeping from inside the egg is heard @5:51am, followed by subsequent reveals throughout the day. Then 24 hours from the first pip, our chic hatched!

ARCHIVE CahowCam 1 2022 fledging highlights seen below.

LIVE>>> CahowCam 2 LIVESTREAM

The pair from the CahowCam 2, was one of the most successful pairs in the Colony and amongst the latest to return, lay their egg, and for their chick to fledge. However, in the fall of 2023 the male returned on Nov 2nd, but his mate did not, then a younger female joined him on the 9th, which he at first resisted but then seemed to accept. They proceeded to lay a single egg in the Spring, read blog post which failed (not uncommon for new pairs) so we shall see if both return and are successful for the 2024/25 season…

UPDATE October 24th, 2024: One of the pair has returned and is waiting for its mate…

ARCHIVE & PRIOR SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

Screenshot of the prior seasons 2023 CahowCam2 chick hatching…

LIVE >>> CahowCam 3 “SurfACE CAM”

This is the camera mounted above ground on the “Surface” in the middle of the Colony A, which apart from allowing the team to monitor the coastal conditions (even during hurricanes as seen below) is mostly used during the fledging period when it allows the team to remotely control the camera to track the chicks (all in infrared) as they come out at night to exercise and imprint on their surroundings…

HURRICANE PASSAGE REPLAY