Live Hummingbird Feeder Cam, Bird Feeder, Simi Valley, California

In Simi Valley, California, a hummingbird feeder has become a daily meeting place, and this live camera puts you right beside it. Tiny birds appear, hover, drink, and vanish almost before you have finished saying their name, then another arrives to take the perch. It is close-range birdwatching with a kind of energy no larger feeder scene quite matches.

The stream is hosted by Carole, who has been consistently feeding hummingbirds in Southern California for more than 30 years. That long practice shows in the way the scene feels tended and familiar, a backyard ritual that the birds have learned to trust. You may also see other visitors at the feeder, but the hummingbirds are the heart of the show: territorial little flashes of color, astonishingly precise in the air, and endlessly watchable even when the visit lasts only a few seconds.

Leave the camera running and the feeder becomes a clock you can hear with your eyes, marking the day in brief, brilliant arrivals.

The stream is provided by Hummingbird Spot. Watch for a minute or for an hour; in Simi Valley, the next hummingbird is rarely far away.