We welcome everybody to take part within the reside chat. Our chat is managed by volunteer moderators who assist to reply questions and who maintain the chat a secure, welcoming, and academic place to share details about birds in actual time. We ask that every one moderators and members observe the rules beneath. Thanks!
The right way to log in to the chat
To take part in Cornell Hawks chat, you’ll need to create a Google Account when you don’t have one already.
You don’t want to log in to learn the chat. In an effort to remark within the chat, you’ll need signal into YouTube together with your Google Account and be subscribed to the Cornell Lab Chook Cams YouTube channel.
To entry chat, open the chat window by clicking the “Chat” button above the Cornell Hawks cam reside stream. For those who’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 have the ability to sort within the chat until it’s in the course of the scheduled chat hours. When you’ve got issue signing in, take a look at this YouTube Assist troubleshooting information.
Cornell Hawks Chat Hours
In 2024, the Cornell Hawks reside 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.
The right way to Chat
- Click on the “Chat” icon situated subsequent to the “Updates” icon above the reside stream, which can open a window subsequent to the reside cam.
- You might also 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 high. You possibly can place it anyplace you want.
Guiding Ideas of Chook Cams Chat
Please maintain 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 kids to learn, and be sort and respectful always, in the course of the day and at evening. Keep away from private assaults and delicate or divisive feedback on subjects equivalent to faith, politics, race, and orientation. We’re right here to speak concerning the birds!
We’re right here for the birds
Please maintain the chat on-topic, particularly throughout busy occasions when the chat flows rapidly. Share observations and concepts concerning the birds and different wildlife. Please maintain 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 obligation whether it is OK to publish 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 could make the chat more durable to observe and will come throughout to others as “yelling.”
Moderators have a difficult job
Our volunteer moderators do their best possible to reply questions, however it’s inconceivable for them to reply all of them, particularly when the chat could 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 info
Do not forget that there are millions of folks watching the chat. Please don’t give out personally identifiable info equivalent to names, e-mail and postal addresses, and cellphone numbers.
Lecturers and lecture rooms within the chat
We frequently get visits from Ok-12 lecture rooms in our Chook Cams chat. When lecture rooms are concerned within the chat, please additionally enable time for academics to ask questions and moderators to answer. Thanks!
Your suggestions is essential to us
You possibly can assist us present the absolute best service by letting us know what’s working nicely 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 have the ability to reply personally to every one. Thanks on 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 Chook Cams chat.
