San Francisco live camera – African penguin colony, California Academy of Sciences
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What you are looking at
The California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, streams this view of its African penguin colony. African penguins are native to the coasts of South Africa and Namibia and are critically endangered, and the Academy uses the colony to share their conservation story. This camera shows the colony view, with the rocky exhibit and the penguins moving between land and water.
You may see the penguins swimming, preening, squabbling over space, bringing nest material to their burrows and calling to each other with their loud, donkey-like bray. During the breeding season pairs tend their nests closely, and young birds may appear later in their grey juvenile feathers. Daily feedings are listed at 10:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Pacific time, when keepers enter the exhibit and the whole colony gathers.
The stream plays as live video on YouTube. At night the exhibit is dimmed, so the view can be dark. A practical tip: tune in at feeding time, when the penguins are most active and you can see keepers checking each bird, which is the best time to tell individuals apart by the bands on their wings.
Camera details
- Camera ID
- calacademy-penguins
- Operator
- California Academy of Sciences
- Video format
- YouTube live stream
- Position
- Exact (from the provider)
- Licence
- YouTube's terms (shown in YouTube's own player)
- Data source
- YouTube live streams (curated)
- Streaming since
- Sep 26, 18:28 UTC
- Last checked
- 01:15 UTC (34 min ago)
- Working, last 7 days
- Not enough checks yet
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Where this San Francisco live camera is
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San Francisco is a city in California, United States with about 828,000 people. The camera is about 2.6 mi from the center. San Francisco keeps America/Los Angeles time (UTC−7 at the moment); the panel above shows the local time live.
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Is African penguin colony, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco working right now?
Yes. At our last automatic check (Oct 8, 01:15 UTC) the video was playing. It is a YouTube live stream that plays in YouTube's own player when you press Play.
How often does this camera refresh?
Continuously while the channel is streaming. Live streams usually run a few seconds behind real time.
Where does this camera come from?
It is a live stream from the YouTube channel California Academy of Sciences, embedded with YouTube's own player. The channel decides when it streams; YouTube may show its own ads. The channel About Curated YouTube live streams
Where is the African penguin colony, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco camera?
It is about 2.6 mi from the center of San Francisco, California, United States. Coordinates: 37.770, -122.466. All cameras in San Francisco
Is it day or night there now?
San Francisco is in the America/Los Angeles time zone. The "Right now" panel above shows the local time live. On October 7 the sun rises at 7:11 AM and sets at 6:44 PM there.
Can I see other cameras nearby?
Yes: 391 other cameras are within 25 miles of this one. The live camera radar shows them all on a map, nearest first. Open the radar here
Why does the stream sometimes stop?
YouTube streams run only while California Academy of Sciences is broadcasting; when they pause, we mark the camera offline until our next check finds it live again. The channel on YouTube