NEFL Cam 4

Gabrielle and Beau are the bald eagles of the North East Florida Eagle Cam, and NEFL Cam 4 brings you close to their nest. This is a live look at a Florida pair going about the real work of a breeding season: reinforcing the nest, taking turns over the eggs, and later feeding and guarding young that seem to change from one visit to the next.

Florida light gives the scene a character of its own. Bright days throw the nest into sharp detail; storms and gray weather make the adults' vigilance easier to appreciate. Because the stream is live, there is no highlight reel to skip ahead to. You see the patient hours as well as the arrivals, and that patience is much of what eagle watching teaches. A chick's first strong pull at food, a careful changeover between Gabrielle and Beau, or a sudden alert at the rim can happen on an otherwise ordinary afternoon.

The camera is a project of close observation, not a drive-by glimpse, and it rewards people who come back.

At the nest

• Nest building and upkeep by Gabrielle and Beau
• Incubation, hatching, and the growth of eaglets
• A live window on bald eagle life in North East Florida

The stream is provided by American Eagle Foundation. Look in often; nest life rarely follows a schedule you can predict.