New Live Streaming Video Service allows peeking into Nests of Endangered California Bird

A new live streaming video service allows you to know what is happening in wild nests of an endangered California bird Condor. The video is the first ever publicly-available live footage of the wild condor nests.

As per experts, the nests of the endangered Californian bird are located in remote areas in Ventura County and on the Big Sur coast.

Joseph Brandt, Supervisory Wildlife Biologist for the California Condor Recovery Program at Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge, said in a statement that the impetus for the cameras was to better manage the nests to bolster the bird's population.

"It's really a unique opportunity to see into the world of a condor when you're not there. The condors really don't pay a whole lot of attention to the cameras, so you can see them and observe their behavior without affecting their behavior", said Brandt.

The species remains one of the most endangered birds in the world, and has a population of just 430 left across the world.

Although, it's hard to beat breaching humpbacks and glowing deep-sea jellies, or whatever marine-animal theatrics will go down when the three-day show airs on PBS next week. But two of Monterey's iconic animals are trying, with suitable timing.

The Elkhorn Slough OtterCam upgraded to high definition, and Ventana Wildlife Society's new Condor Nest Cam premiered today.

Elkhorn's two OtterCams, featured on the Big Blue Live website, focus on parts of the state Elkhorn Slough Ecological Reserve where southern sea otters tend to cluster among other salt-marsh wildlife.