Monday April 7, 2025
CBS News —
Nature cameras are becoming a popular way to check out wildlife. A bald eagle camera in Southern California has more than 600,000 YouTube subscribers.
Now, Sacramento County could soon have its own permanent wildlife feed. Alan Friedman is the man behind Sacramento’s salmon cam.
“Technology has been amazing to assist us in observing wildlife,” he said.
It’s a first-of-its-kind project along the American River Parkway. The live camera is designed to catch a glimpse of Chinook salmon as they swim up the American River at the end of their long journey from the Pacific Ocean.
“It’s very, very impressive,” Friedman said. “There are literally hundreds of them and sometimes they actually come up on the gravel shoreline and spawn. It’s spectacular to watch them; they are incredible animals.”