WARNING: Our two cameras display live views from a wild bald eagle nest at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Maryland. The cams will display raw, unfiltered nature that might include wildlife interactions and weather calamities that we cannot control. We have a no-intervention policy, as we are just observers.
User Tips: Select "Other Views" on the video player to see the second cam.
If the wind sound is too loud, you can mute the speaker on the video player.
Nest Updates:
October 18, 2020: As eagle nesting season approaches, we hope to see a new pair adopt the nest. Normally in the fall, the couple repairs the nest and then eggs come in January or early February.
April 13, 2020: We did not see our male bald eagle this nesting season, so something may have happened to him. A pair of Great horned owls were visiting the nest for a few weeks, but it appears they will not be nesting here this season. We'll leave the cams live for now and hope that an eagle pair uses the nest next breeding season.
Welcome to the New Blackwater NWR Eagle Cams
The Friends of Blackwater began broadcasting still images from a bald eagle nest at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) back in 2004. Over many successful nesting seasons, we saw a total of 25 eagle eggs hatch at the cam nest, but after several failed nesting seasons, the bald eagles abandoned the nest and we stopped broadcasting. We have now installed two streaming video/audio cameras (one Pan-Tilt-Zoom camera and one bullet camera) in a new nest at the Refuge.
In the 2018-2019 nesting season, the adults at this nest successfully raised and fledged two eaglets, as seen in the gallery below. We hope they will again find success during the 2019-2020 season on our cams.
Nesting Action from 2018-2019 Season
Copyright Notice: Images/videos presented on this site are the property of the Friends of Blackwater and may be used for educational and non-commercial purposes; they may not be sold. All images/videos must be accompanied with a photo credit (example: Image or Video Courtesy of the Friends of Blackwater NWR).
Acknowledgements: Your memberships and donations to the Friends of Blackwater support this cam. Join or donate to the Friends if you enjoy the cam. The Friends thank the following groups for their support: Maryland Heritage Area Authority | Dorchester County Office of Tourism/Heart of Chesapeake Country Heritage Area (grant) | HDOnTap | Choptank Electric Cooperative | Bayshore Electric | Travers Enterprises, Inc.
