Logline: LIVE bird cams and the people who love them

Coming fall 2026. Co-directed with Flonia Telefrafi.

A feature-length documentary about live bird cameras and the people who love them. Also known as nest cams, they provide 24/7 footage of birds close up to tens of millions of devoted viewers worldwide. The film looks at our evolving appreciation and understanding of nature as viewers witness birds’ full life cycles: the joys of seeing chicks hatch and grow into healthy fledglings, the anxiety-inducing “fludge” (poorly executed first flights out of the nest), and the heartbreak of witnessing deaths or when a beloved bird doesn’t return. All of this is a new form of education and entertainment in the Internet era. This story is equally about birds, nature, people, science, technology, media, culture, and interconnectedness. More deeply, it’s about modern urban life, nature’s cycles of life and death, and humans’ relationship to the natural world. The film features scientists, camera operators, and content moderators from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, UMass Amherst, MassWildlife, Friends of Big Bear Valley, and others.