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Published online 4 October 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2007.144

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Critter cam

Tiny cameras give new meaning to ‘bird’s-eye view’.

Video cameras are now small enough to attach to wild birds, giving a view of the world as seen through the legs of New Caledonian crows or from the back of a penguin. A week before a big ‘critter cam’ conference is to be held in Washington DC, Nature News looks at how the cameras can benefit bird buffs.

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