Living Observatory Sensor Network

At Tidmarsh, we keep an eye out for our friends and neighbors. Here are a few highlights from 2025. You can find more video highlights on our Vimeo page. You can also monitor live video and audio from the central stream and marsh cameras.

This year we've caught some fun segments of wildlife engaging in some rather peculiar behavior.

Late winter is a hungry time. By March, when the easy to reach roots and bark have been picked over, even the game camera might look tasty to a deer. Well, worth a sniff at least.

Okay, there was definitely something strange in the air on May 3. Probably hungry flies. Either that or these animals were just grooving to nature's song.

At first I thought this deer was jumping for joy now that things are greening up. But on second watch, it think it's saying "OWW, somebody bit me!" It appears, the flies are out and hungry.

Check out this Swan doing an impression of Michael Phelps' Butterfly Stroke.

All jokes aside, the Swan in particular looked to be in some bother. Don't worry, we have seen the swan and the deer since and they appear to have resumed normal behavior.

These video clips were recorded by the sensor network developed and installed by the MIT Media Lab's Responsive Environments Group, in collaboration with Living Observatory, at Mass Audubon's Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary. Engineering: Brian Mayton, Gershon Dublon, Donald Derek Haddad, Spencer Russell. Faculty advisor: Prof. Joe Paradiso. More video, audio and sensor streams can be accessed at This video clip was recorded on March 20 2025, at 18:43 by the sensor network developed and installed by the MIT Media Lab's Responsive Environments Group, in collaboration with Living Observatory, at Mass Audubon's Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary. Engineering: Brian Mayton, Gershon Dublon, Donald Derek Haddad, Spencer Russell. Faculty advisor: Prof. Joe Paradiso. More video, audio and sensor streams can be accessed at tidmarsh.media.mit.edu 

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