Video mode replaces the static bird photo with a short clip of the bird in its natural habitat — preening, singing, foraging, or in flight.
Enabling video mode
Open Settings
Click the gear icon in the bottom-right corner.
Enable Video Mode
Toggle Video Mode on.
Open a new tab
The next tab you open will show a video instead of a photo.
Playback controls
Play / Pause Click anywhere on the video to play or pause.
Progress bar Appears on hover, auto-hides after 3 seconds. Seek by clicking.
Quiet Hours Videos auto-play muted during Quiet Hours. Unmute manually if needed.
Videos loop continuously.
Automatic fallbacks BirdTab silently falls back to the static photo when:
No video is available for the current bird
A slow connection is detected
The video fails to load
Memory management Videos unload automatically after 30 seconds in the background to keep memory usage low across many open tabs. A play overlay appears when you return — click it to reload.
Videographer credit Each video is credited to the original videographer with a link to the Macaulay Library asset. 
