Johnson City Cam 1: ETSU Eagle Cameras

High in a pine tree in Johnson City, Tennessee, about 90 feet off the ground, a bald eagle pair named Boone and Jolene have made their home. Johnson City Cam 1, from the ETSU Eagle Cameras project, looks in on that nest and on the everyday work of two local birds who have become familiar to a growing circle of viewers.

Ninety feet is a serious height, and the pine gives the stream a particular character: a deep, swaying setting, a wide view from the crown, and a nest that feels both exposed to the weather and carefully chosen. From this camera you can follow nest building and repairs, the long patience of incubation, and, when the season is right, the feeding and growth of eaglets. Boone and Jolene are the constant at the center of it, coming and going from a home that sits well above the life of the city below.

Even the still moments have a pull. Wind in the pine, a change in Tennessee light, and an adult settled on the nest can be as absorbing as a dramatic arrival.

The stream is provided by ETSU Eagle Cameras. Visit in different weather and at different hours; a nest this high has more than one mood.