Kisatchie National Forest E-1 Canopy cam

High in the loblolly pines of Kisatchie National Forest, nest E-1 is a world of its own. The bald eagle nests here stand more than 100 feet off the ground, in the treetops near the shore of Kincaid Lake, in the Evangeline Unit of the Calcasieu Ranger District. Nest E-1 itself is in the Kincaid Lake Recreation Area of Rapides Parish, in central Louisiana, and this canopy camera looks out from that lofty neighborhood of branches, water, and sky.

The site has a long history. The same pair used the nest from at least 2002 until late 2019. In those years the female typically began laying eggs in early February, and the young fledged by early to mid-June, a steady seasonal rhythm against the backdrop of the forest. A related nest camera follows the eagles known as Louis II and Anna II, a reminder that this patch of pines has remained important eagle country from one generation to the next.

Even when the nest is quiet, the canopy view has a calm of its own: light moving through needles, wind in the crown of the tree, and the lake somewhere beyond the branches.

The stream is provided by bald eagle. Visit often, because life at this height can change in a single afternoon.