As near as I can figure, the cam is near a lodge of some kind (I saw it once in the feed) and is controlled from there. Being in Africa it is probably in a different time zone. So far I've seen the best stuff between 6:00 and 9:00 a.m., I'm in Eastern Time Zone (not sure what the comparison is to GMT). I've managed to see a number of different bird species, antelope, warthogs, monkeys, lions, and this morning I saw an Elephant.

The Africam site has a number of other webcams as well, but they are only still pictures. For the video feed just click on Nkorho Stream near the top left corner.
I haven't used this in class yet as I've only been teaching physics and electronics since I discovered it, but the next time I teach Environmental Science I will. My current plan is to have students monitor the cam and blog about what they see. Each student would be responsible for a different day so that we could get daily, or nearly daily updates. This should give us a rough estimate of the biodiversity of the region.
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