In a bar at a bowling alley in the Netherlands, a group of bowling enthusiasts sit in front of the bar while drinking wine, staring straight at the picture on the TV.
What was played on the TV was not a wonderful bowling match, but a live broadcast of the Owl family's real bird show:
The parenting life of Gylfie and Finn.
In charge of the live broadcast is British wildlife artist Robert Fuller.
Robert lives in Yorkshire, England. He loves wildlife, so he has placed many bird nests on his farm and installed more than 100 hidden cameras, which can always capture the barn owl, the gray forest owl, the kestrel, and even the stoat.
He shares and broadcasts live-streaming footage of the lives of these wild animals on video platforms such as YouTube every day.
Doesn't bother, but occasionally sneaks in to help.
Slowly, more and more viewers watched Robert's video.
United States
Mexico
Japan
Germany......
There are bird fans of Robert all over the world.
Tens of thousands of people stand in front of the screen at every moment, watching the stories that take place in several bird's nests on this farm.
A bar employee who lives in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, watches Robert's live broadcast every day.
Before work one day, the game on tv was over, and he decided to sneak into Robert's live room to watch birds while there were no drinkers watching TV.
Unexpectedly, the drinkers, who didn't care about anything but drinking and watching the game, stared at the live broadcast screen with him for several hours.
Since then, it has also developed the habit of drinking and watching birds...
Robert said that now that the channel has been established for more than two years, it has taken a lot of effort to achieve today's results.
"We've built this big community that can interact with nature, and there are no barriers in any religion, in every country.
People watched in amazement as the owls hatched and the kestrels grew.
In the live chat box, every now and then there will be a sentence of 'I have to go to work', which feels particularly magical.
These live streams bring special joy to people. Compared to the sports where everyone is shouting, the live broadcast here is so calm and comfortable that everyone is just enjoying the wildlife. ”
So in this year's Robert Bird Reality Show, what are the big stars and what stories have happened?
The first is the Grey Forest Owl family, Luna and bombers.
The two eggs did not hatch, so they adopted two orphan owls.
For this unrelated child, the Lunas gave them absolute love,
Now that the two little ones have grown up, what awaits them will be an infinitely vast sky.
The second house is kestrels, Kes Dad.
In an accident, Kes's wife disappears, leaving only 6 children waiting to be fed.
So Kes had to learn from scratch, and a bird took on the job of hunting (male) and feeding (female) and clumsily raising his own children.
Now Mr. Kes has once again succeeded in his courtship, and hopes that this time it will have a complete home.
The third is the Gylfie and Finn families.
The clumsy Gilfie managed to lay a bird egg, but it stuck to its feathers. It looked curiously at the empty nest, "Where is my baby?" ”
Today, the first babies have broken out of their shells, and they face more challenges.
There is also the newly formed family of Willow and the Ghost family.
And an old friend we introduced earlier:
The great mother Athena, and her husband Apollo, who is strict but loves children.
The live broadcast of these wild bird families has given people a glimpse into another beautiful and interesting world.
It is also a reminder that these birds also have complex emotions and moving lives that deserve human respect and protection...