Live Bird Cams

Nests, feeders, burrows and waterholes streaming from every continent. See what is live right now, what returns in season, and exactly which species you are watching.

118 cams worldwide, 89 streaming live right now (checked 2026-08-09). Seasonal cams stream during part of the year only, usually the nesting months; each card shows the month it comes back. Every cam links to the BeakBrain species guides for the birds on it.

Eagles, Hawks & Vultures

Nest platforms and roosts of the biggest raptors: bald eagles, white-tailed eagles, condors and more.

Big Bear Bald Eagle Nest

Big Bear Lake, California, USA · Friends of Big Bear Valley

Home of Jackie and Shadow, the most famous eagle pair on the internet, on a Jeffrey pine high above Big Bear Lake.

Eggs in January, chicks through June, and the pair visits the nest all year.

LIVE

California Condor Sanctuary Cam

San Simeon, California, USA · Ventana Wildlife Society on explore.org

Wild California condors, back from a population of just 22 birds, soaring and squabbling on a Big Sur coast ridge.

Condors visit the sanctuary ridge all year.

California Condor

Cornell Red-tailed Hawks

Ithaca, New York, USA · Cornell Lab Bird Cams

The famous #CornellHawks nest on a light pole overlooking Cornell's athletic fields, streamed since 2012.

Eggs in March, fledging in June, above the Cornell campus.

LIVE

Decorah Eagles

Decorah, Iowa, USA · Raptor Resource Project on explore.org

The nest that started the eagle cam phenomenon, watched by hundreds of millions since 2011 beside a trout hatchery in Iowa.

Eggs in February, eaglets fledge by July; eagles visit the nest all year.

Dulles Greenway Eagle Cam

Leesburg, Virginia, USA · Dulles Greenway

A wetlands nest beside the Dulles Greenway toll road, streaming in HD with one of the longest running eagle pairs in Virginia.

Eggs in February, fledging by June; the nest stays on camera all year.

Glacier Gardens Bald Eagle Cam

Juneau, Alaska, USA · Glacier Gardens

A wild nest in the mossy canopy of the Tongass, the world's largest temperate rainforest, from a botanical garden outside Juneau.

Nesting April to August in the Tongass rainforest.

Glen Hazel (Hays) Bald Eagle Cam

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA · PixCams

City eagles above the Monongahela River, proof that bald eagles came back to Pittsburgh after a century away.

Eggs in February, chicks through June; the pair guards the nest all year.

Golden Eagle Nest, Estonia

Estonia · Kotkaklubi (Eagle Club Estonia)

A wild golden eagle nest in an Estonian bog forest, from the club that has streamed protected raptors since 2007.

Eggs in March, fledging in July; eagles attend the nest in winter too.

Hancock Wildlife Eagle Cams

British Columbia, Canada · Hancock Wildlife Foundation

The foundation that pioneered eagle streaming in Canada, rotating between wild nests around Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.

Eggs in March, fledging by August, on nests across the Fraser Valley.

Kisatchie National Forest Eagle Cams

Kisatchie National Forest, Louisiana, USA · KNF Cams / US Forest Service

Two wild nests deep in a Louisiana pine forest, with nest and canopy views and a devoted chat community.

Nesting October to May; canopy cams stream the forest all year.

Lesser Spotted Eagle Nest, Estonia

Estonia · Kotkaklubi (Eagle Club Estonia)

One of the world's only streamed nests of this secretive migratory eagle, deep in Estonian farmland forest.

On the nest April to August, then away to African winter grounds.

Lesser Spotted Eagle

RSPB Goshawk Nest Camera

Abernethy Forest, Scotland, UK · RSPB

The phantom of the forest on a rare public nest camera in the old pines of Abernethy.

Nesting March to July in ancient Caledonian pinewood.

Eurasian Goshawk

SuperBeaks Bald Eagle Nest

Central Florida, USA · SuperBeaks

Pepe and Muhlady raise some of the earliest eaglets in the country in a longleaf pine, with alligators and sandhill cranes in the pasture below.

Florida eagles nest early: eggs from November, eaglets fledge by spring.

Sydney Sea-EagleCAM

Sydney Olympic Park, Australia · BirdLife Australia

White-bellied sea-eagles nesting in an ironbark forest inside Sydney, streamed by BirdLife Australia since 2009.

Eggs in June, chicks fledge by November; the pair visits year round.

White-bellied Sea-Eagle

U.S. Steel Red-tailed Hawk Nest

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA · PixCams

A red-tailed hawk pair nesting on U.S. Steel's Edgar Thomson plant, industry and wildness sharing one frame.

Eggs in March, young on the nest into June.

LIVE

West End Bald Eagles, Catalina Island

Catalina Island, California, USA · Institute for Wildlife Studies on explore.org

Eagles restored to the Channel Islands after DDT wiped them out, nesting on cliffs with the ocean glittering behind.

Eggs in February, fledging by June, on sea cliffs above the Pacific.

White-tailed Eagle Nest, Durbe

Durbe, Latvia · Latvian Fund for Nature

Europe's biggest eagle on a wild forest nest in western Latvia, with sound from the surrounding woods.

Eggs in March, fledging in July; the pair visits the nest all winter.

White-tailed Eagle Nest, Piotrków

Piotrków, Poland · Eagle Conservation Committee (KOO)

Poland's Eagle Conservation Committee streams this forest nest as part of the country's remarkable eagle recovery.

Eggs in February, young fledge by July.

RETURNS NOVEMBER

Berry College Eagles

Rome, Georgia, USA · Berry College

A campus nest in tall pines watched by students and half the state of Georgia every winter.

Streams November to May; eggs in January on the world's largest college campus.

RETURNS FEBRUARY

Dale Hollow Eagle Cam

Dale Hollow Lake, Tennessee, USA · Dale Hollow Eagle Camera

A lakeside nest on the Tennessee and Kentucky border, famous for dramatic seasons and loyal chat mods.

Streams during nesting, February to June, above a clear highland reservoir.

RETURNS OCTOBER

Southwest Florida Eagle Cam

North Fort Myers, Florida, USA · Pritchett Real Estate

One of the most watched nests on Earth, home of the late Harriet's dynasty in a Fort Myers pasture.

Streams October to May; eggs in November and eaglets fledge by April.

Ospreys

Fish hawks on their nest platforms. In the northern spring and summer these are the busiest cams on the internet.

LIVE

Charlo Osprey Nest

Charlo, Montana, USA · Owl Research Institute on explore.org

An osprey platform with the snowcapped Mission Mountains behind, one of the prettiest backdrops in cam land.

On the nest April to September beneath the Mission Mountains.

LIVE

Chesapeake Conservancy Osprey Cam

Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, USA · Chesapeake Conservancy on explore.org

The bay with the highest breeding osprey density on Earth, watched from a waterfront platform on Kent Island.

Tom and Audrey return in March and fledge young by August.

Dyfi Osprey Project

Machynlleth, Wales, UK · Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust

Wales's flagship osprey nest in 4K, with some of the best commentary and science communication in the cam world.

Idris and Telyn breed April to early September on the Dyfi estuary.

Glaslyn Osprey Cam

Porthmadog, Wales, UK · Bywyd Gwyllt Glaslyn Wildlife

The longest occupied osprey nest in Wales, guarded around the clock by volunteers in the Glaslyn valley.

On the nest late March to September beneath Snowdonia.

Hellgate Ospreys

Missoula, Montana, USA · Cornell Lab Bird Cams / University of Montana

Iris, the world's oldest known wild osprey, has fished the Clark Fork River from this nest for decades.

On the nest April to September, then away south for the winter.

Loch Arkaig Osprey Cam

Loch Arkaig, Lochaber, Scotland, UK · Woodland Trust

A Caledonian pinewood nest in the western Highlands, one of the best loved osprey streams in Britain.

Louis and Dorcha hold the nest April to early September.

Loch of the Lowes Osprey Cam

Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland, UK · Scottish Wildlife Trust

A Perthshire loch nest streamed since the days of the legendary female Lady of the Loch, 24 hours with night vision.

On the nest late March to early September, then off to West Africa.

Moraine State Park Osprey Cam

Moraine State Park, Pennsylvania, USA · Moraine Preservation Fund / PixCams

A reintroduction success story: ospreys nesting again over a lake where the species vanished for decades.

On the nest April to September over Lake Arthur.

Osprey Nest, Jedwabno

Jedwabno, Poland · Eagle Conservation Committee (KOO)

One of Poland's few remaining osprey pairs, part of a national effort to bring the species back from the brink.

On the nest April to early September.

Poole Harbour Osprey Cam

Poole Harbour, England, UK · Birds of Poole Harbour

The first ospreys to breed on England's south coast in almost 200 years, with aerial and landscape views.

CJ7 and 022 breed April to early September.

Port Lincoln Osprey Cam

Port Lincoln, South Australia · Port Lincoln Osprey Project

Australia's famous osprey barge nest, streaming a southern hemisphere season that runs opposite to the north.

Eggs in September, chicks fledge by January; the pair stays all year.

LIVE

Rogers Place Osprey and Goose Nest

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada · explore.org

A downtown Edmonton platform with an annual osprey versus goose real estate drama above the hockey arena.

Ospreys May to September; a Canada goose often claims the platform first in spring.

RSPB Loch Garten Osprey Cam

Abernethy, Scotland, UK · RSPB

The nest where ospreys famously returned to breed in Britain in 1954, still streaming from the same forest.

On the nest April to early September.

Rutland Water Ospreys, Manton Bay

Rutland Water, England, UK · Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust

The nest at the heart of England's osprey reintroduction, source of the birds now breeding in Wales and Poole.

On the nest late March to September.

SuperBeaks Osprey Nest

Central Florida, USA · SuperBeaks

Felix and Margareet on a Florida platform where the fishing never stops and the season starts before the new year.

Florida ospreys stay year round; eggs come as early as December.

Taipalsaari Osprey Cam

Taipalsaari, Finland · Taipalsaaren sääkset

A Finnish lakeland nest under the midnight sun, where the fishing grounds stretch across Lake Saimaa.

On the nest April to late August above the Saimaa lakeland.

RETURNS APRIL

Loch Doon Osprey Cam

Loch Doon, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK · East Ayrshire Leisure

A quieter Scottish nest on a moorland loch, streamed by the local council's countryside team.

Streams while the nest is active, April to early September.

Falcons & Kestrels

City ledges, cliff faces and nest boxes: the fastest birds on Earth raising families on camera.

Cal Falcons, UC Berkeley Campanile

Berkeley, California, USA · Cal Falcons

Peregrines on the bell tower at UC Berkeley, the cam that made Annie the falcon a Bay Area celebrity.

Eggs in March, chicks fledge in June; falcons roost on the tower all year.

Common Kestrel Cam, Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv, Israel · Charter Group of Wildlife Ecology

Urban kestrels on a school ledge in Tel Aviv, part of Israel's remarkable Charter Group cam network.

Kestrels nest February to June; the ledge stays busy all year.

Common Kestrel Nest, Skrīveri

Skrīveri, Latvia · Latvian Fund for Nature

A Latvian kestrel box with the country's typical mix of crisp picture, forest sound and patient chat regulars.

Eggs in May, young fledge by August.

Owls

Nest boxes and tree hollows, many with infrared night views. Owl cams peak in late winter and spring.

American Barn Owl Cam, Florida

Gainesville, Florida, USA · Charter Group / University of Florida

The Israeli barn owl research network's American outpost, streamed with the University of Florida.

Florida barn owls can nest in any month; winter is busiest.

Barn Owl 4K Cam, Israel

Israel · Charter Group of Wildlife Ecology

Israel uses barn owls instead of rodent poison across its farmland, and this 4K box shows the program's stars up close.

Nesting February to July; owls roost in the box year round.

Bonnie and Clyde, Great Horned Owls

Kansas, USA · Farmer Derek

The viral Kansas farm owl box where Bonnie and Clyde raise owlets above the wheat fields.

Eggs in February, owlets through May; the box is watched all year.

Eurasian Eagle-Owl Cam, Riga

Riga, Latvia · Latvian Fund for Nature

Europe's largest owl breeding in the forests on Riga's edge, huge orange eyes glowing on the night camera.

Eggs in March, owlets through June; the owls hold territory all year.

Robert E Fuller: Ash Wood Cams

Yorkshire, England, UK · Robert E Fuller

A second Fuller valley of cameras in a Yorkshire wood, with tawny owls, buzzards and badgers sharing the stage.

Streams all year; tawny owls call and court through autumn and winter.

Robert E Fuller: Fotherdale Cams

Thixendale, Yorkshire, England, UK · Robert E Fuller

The wildlife artist's Yorkshire valley, wired with dozens of cameras: barn owls, kestrels, tawny owls and the odd stoat.

Streams all year; owl nesting peaks March to July.

RETURNS JUNE

Arctic Snowy Owl Nest Cam

Utqiaġvik (Barrow), Alaska, USA · Owl Research Institute on explore.org

A snowy owl nest on the Arctic tundra at the northern tip of Alaska, one of the rarest views in the cam world.

Streams June to August, while the tundra nest is active under 24 hour daylight.

Feeders & Gardens

Round-the-clock feeder stations and garden watering holes. The easiest way to learn your everyday birds.

Purple Martin House Cam

Moraine State Park, Pennsylvania, USA · PixCams / Moraine Preservation Fund

Inside a purple martin colony house, North America's most people dependent songbird raising young in an apartment block.

Martins occupy the colony April to August, then leave for Brazil.

RSPB Swift Nest Camera

United Kingdom · RSPB

Inside a swift nest box, a close view of a bird that eats, sleeps and mates on the wing.

Swifts occupy the nest May to early August, then fly to Africa without landing for months.

Simi Valley Hummingbird Cam

Simi Valley, California, USA · Hummingbird Spot

Carole Turek's home feeder station, headquarters of a channel devoted to filming every hummingbird species on Earth.

Streams all year; Anna's hummingbirds never leave southern California.

Tropical Feeders & Forest

Fruit feeders, hummingbird stations and forest canopies in the tropics: toucans, tanagers, macaws and hummingbirds all day.

Seabirds, Penguins & Shorebirds

Puffin burrows, albatross headlands, penguin colonies and island ledges at the edge of the sea.

Royal Albatross Cam (Royal Cam)

Taiaroa Head, Dunedin, New Zealand · NZ Department of Conservation / Cornell Lab

The world's only mainland royal albatross colony, following one nest through a whole year from egg to fledging.

Eggs in November, chicks on camera from late January until they fledge in September.

LIVE

Stony Point Penguin Colony

Betty's Bay, South Africa · explore.org

One of the largest land based colonies of the endangered African penguin, braying and waddling on the Cape coast.

Penguins are in the colony all year; chicks peak March to August.

Wetlands, Waterholes & Wild Places

Marshes, rivers, cranes, storks, flamingos and African waterholes: whole landscapes with birds moving through.

Angama Mara Cam

Maasai Mara, Kenya · Africam / Angama

The view from the Oloololo escarpment across the Maasai Mara, crowned cranes and starlings in the foreground.

Streams all year above the Mara; the wildebeest migration passes July to October.

Black Stork Nest, Bolewice

Bolewice, Poland · Eagle Conservation Committee (KOO)

A Polish forest nest of the secretive black stork, streamed by the national eagle conservation committee.

On the nest April to August.

Black Stork Nest, Estonia

Estonia · Kotkaklubi (Eagle Club Estonia)

The legendary Estonian black stork cams, streamed from wild forest since 2007 and narrated by a devoted forum.

On the nest April to August.

Black Stork Nest, Riga Forests

Riga, Latvia · Latvian Fund for Nature

Europe's shyest stork nesting in old growth forest, a bird most birders never see in the wild.

On the nest April to August, then away to Africa.

Deteema Springs Cam

Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe · Africam

A remote Hwange spring where storks, vultures and oxpeckers attend the great herds.

Streams all year; the dry months, July to October, bring constant traffic.

Kwando River Cam

Kwando River, Zambezi Region, Namibia · NamibiaCam

A green riverside corner of Namibia alive with kingfishers, jacanas, bee-eaters and drinking elephants.

Streams all year on a lush Caprivi riverbank.

LIVE

Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam

Kimberley, South Africa · explore.org

Tens of thousands of lesser flamingos turning a South African dam pink, one of only a few breeding sites in the world.

Flamingos are present most of the year; breeding follows the rains.

Tembe Elephant Park Waterhole

Tembe Elephant Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · Africam

The classic African waterhole cam, hornbills and guineafowl threading between the biggest tusked elephants in Africa.

Streams all year with sound; over 340 bird species live in the park.

White Stork Nest, Tukums

Tukums, Latvia · Latvian Fund for Nature

The classic European village stork nest, clattering greetings on a Latvian rooftop.

On the nest April to August, bill clattering included.

RETURNS FEBRUARY

Rowe Sanctuary Crane Cam

Platte River, Nebraska, USA · Audubon on explore.org

The largest crane gathering on Earth, a river of birds at dawn that people travel continents to see.

Streams February to April, when half a million sandhill cranes roost on the Platte.

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