LMU Native Garden Bird Feeder Cam

A Living Habitat on Campus

This camera looks out over a native plant meadow tucked inside the Loyola Marymount University Campus Research Annex, where hanging feeder trays, a tube feeder, and a ceramic bird bath draw a steady procession of local songbirds. The garden was originally sponsored by Dan and Susan Gottlieb of the Gottlieb Native Garden as a hands-on habitat for campus wildlife.

Research and Restoration

Maintained by the Center for Urban Resilience (CURes), the meadow doubles as a living laboratory for studying how native landscaping supports birds and pollinators inside a dense urban campus. Mature coast live oaks and mulched beds frame the feeders, giving researchers and passersby a close, unobstructed view of everyday feeding activity.

A Quiet Corner of a Busy Campus

Just steps from a paved walkway connecting classrooms and dorms, the feeder station offers a calm counterpoint to campus life. The camera captures the ordinary rhythms of visiting birds — perching, feeding, bathing — against a backdrop of shaded, drought-tolerant planting typical of Southern California native gardens.