--- title: Bird Library Livestream Is Here to Feed Your Mind and Belly description: A livestream of a tiny library for birds is exactly the kind of content you need in your life during this quarantine. canonical: https://time.com/5812697/bird-library-livestream/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-03-30T21:05:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:25.125Z og:title: Take a Moment to Dip Into the Miniature World of This Library For Birds Livestream og:description: Truly for the birds og:url: https://time.com/5812697/bird-library-livestream/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb9c666bbe7532d8/698a0c3586f68eb72a6ee8a6/bird-library-livestream.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1999 og:image:height: 1124 og:image:alt: bird library livestream og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Take a Moment to Dip Into the Miniature World of This Library For Birds Livestream twitter:description: Truly for the birds twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb9c666bbe7532d8/698a0c3586f68eb72a6ee8a6/bird-library-livestream.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Take a Moment to Dip Into the Miniature World of This Library For Birds Livestream > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 30, 2020 9:05 PM UTC  Brown wooden shelfs fully packed with books in a library Brown wooden shelfs fully packed with books in a library Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 30, 2020 9:05 PM UTC While many libraries across the country [have closed](https://time.com/5801956/events-canceled-coronavirus/) due to [coronavirus](https://time.com/5801726/coronavirus-models-forecast/), there’s one library that’s staying open — and its flocks of visitors are overjoyed about it. The [Belmont Library for Birds](https://www.birdlibrary.org/), located in Charlottesville, VA., has open hours all day for all avian friends and even a few squirrels and a livestream for human companions who are responsibly practicing social distancing. The library has adopted the motto that their spot is “where the need to feed meets the feed to read” — which means that along with some miniature books and a library desk and arm chair for inquiring birdbrains looking to check out the latest in flighty literature, there’s also birdseed for those who have appetites as big as their quest for knowledge. Talk about feeding your mind and your belly. 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