Bald Eagle Nest in a Cottonwood Tree

The Nest and Its Eagles

High above the Kansas farmland, a pair of bald eagles has built a massive nest of interwoven sticks where they raise their young each year. The camera frames the entire nest bowl, capturing the eagles as they tend the nest, deliver food, and watch over their eaglets. It is a rare, up-close look at one of North America's most iconic raptors.

A Camera in a Cottonwood Tree

The webcam is mounted roughly 65 feet up in a remote cottonwood tree, the same tree the eagles chose for their home. Running on solar batteries and streaming over a Starlink satellite connection, the setup brings a wild, off-grid nest into view around the clock.

The Kansas Prairie Setting

Surrounding the nest are the open croplands and prairie of central Kansas, near the small town of Peabody. The wide Midwestern horizon and patchwork fields form a quintessentially rural American backdrop, with the shifting colors of the crops marking the passing seasons.

Watching Wild Eagles Live

Viewers can follow the natural behavior of a wild eagle family in real time, from preening and nest maintenance to feeding and flight. It is a front-row seat to the life of a bald eagle family on the American plains.