A screen shot from the Hawk Cam live stream shows a red-tailed hawk feeding its babies on April 20.
UW-Madison students have had one more distraction to combat during finals week this year. Three baby red-tailed are growing up before their eyes.
A webcam from the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) is capturing a live stream of a hawk nest located on a ledge of the Geoscience building, Weeks Hall, which is near the Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences Building.
The "Hawk Cam" has attracted so many visitors that its creators had to recruit DoIT to upgrade their server to increase capacity.
Hawk Cam's popularity extends beyond the UW campus. An article from Converge states that the site has registered hits from 60 countries, including Turkey, Brazil, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Denmark and Malta.