While you prepare for your next adventure in the U.S. or abroad, find inspiration and embrace the joys of armchair birding with these live streaming webcams, which offer a glimpse into natural destinations around the world.

Panama Fruit Feeder Cam at Canopy Lodge

 Chestnut-headed Oropendola by Sanford M. Sorkin

Canopy Lodge in Panama's El Valle de Antón sits in the crater of an extinct volcano and is known for its amazing birding. The webcam, run in association with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, captures some of the frequent visitors at the lodge's fruit feeders, such as Clay-colored Thrush, Rufous Motmot, Gray-headed Chachalaca, tanagers, and hummingbirds, plus mammals, butterflies, and other insects.

Watch it here.

New Zealand Department of Conservation Royal Albatross Cam

 Royal Albatross by Alfie66 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0

Royal Cam is a 24-hour live stream of a Royal Albatross nest during the breeding season at Pukekura/Taiaroa Head on the southeast tip of New Zealand's South Island.

Watch it here.

Allen BirdCam: Pretoria, South Africa

 Speckled Mousebird by Lip Kee Yap - CC BY-SA 2.0

This bird feeding station is located in a suburban garden backyard in Pretoria, South Africa. In addition to birds like African Gray Hornbill, Gray Go-away-bird, Speckled Mousebird, and Green Wood Hoopoe, look for bats, bushbabies, and Cape genets.

Watch it here.

Osprey Nest in Hog Island, Maine

 Osprey by Jerry Goffe, NaturePhotoWorks.com

This live cam provides an intimate view of an Osprey nest at the Audubon Camp on Maine's Hog Island. Get up close and personal with the Osprey pair as they feed and protect their offspring until the chicks are old enough to fledge.

Watch it here.