Wildlife
Owls: 2 Live Cameras — Burrowing and long-eared
Two nests in the United States: artificial burrows on a former army depot in Oregon, and a long-eared owl nest in Montana.
What you can see
Two owl nests. Both look at the nest from the inside.
The burrowing owl (Hermiston, Oregon) is on land that was once a United States Army ammunition depot and is now being returned to wildlife habitat in partnership with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. After artificial burrows were built from salvaged material, a population that was down to three or four pairs in the early 2000s reached more than a hundred pairs and over four hundred banded chicks by 2024.
The long-eared owl (Missoula, Montana) looks down into the nest. It is an owl of grassland and open woodland from North America through Europe and into parts of Asia, and here you can watch it raise young from the inside. It is run by the Owl Research Institute.
Owls are night birds, so through the daylight hours these cameras are mostly a bird sitting still.
Cameras you can watch now: 2
All 2 are live video. Tap one to open it in the camera list.
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Live video
Burrowing owls on a former weapons depot
Oregon, Hermiston · Wildlife
In north-central Oregon, on land that was once a US Army weapons depot and is now being restored as wildlife habitat with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. A network of artificial burrows built from repurposed materials has brought a population of three or four breeding pairs in the early 2000s back to more than a hundred nesting pairs, with over four hundred chicks banded in 2024 alone.
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Live video
Long-eared owl nest
Montana, Missoula · Wildlife
Overlooking a long-eared owl nest in Missoula, Montana, this camera shows from the inside how the species raises its young in the grasslands and open forests of North America, Europe and parts of Asia. Run by the Owl Research Institute.
When to watch
Neither provider names a season. These are nest cameras and the picture changes completely through the year, but we are not going to invent a date for it here.
Oregon is 16 hours behind Japan and Montana 15, both on daylight saving time. Noon in Oregon is 4am the next day in Japan; noon in Montana is 3am the next day. In winter both shift an hour later.
But owls move after dark. There is more to see if you open them against local night: 8pm in Oregon is noon in Japan, and 8pm in Montana is 11am in Japan. Open these in the Japanese daytime and it is night there — an unusual pairing.
If it isn't showing
Both also appear on the United States page, and are collected under Wildlife.
For other raptor nests there are Ospreys, Bald Eagles and Peregrine Falcons. If you like waiting for something to appear after dark, Subjects That Keep You Waiting works the same way.
On choosing what time to open one, see Which cameras are in daylight now.
Where to find Owls
Agencies publishing the cameras on this page
- explore.org (Deep links and embeds OK, no image reuse) — Official site
The footage belongs to each agency. This site is an unofficial guide, and each sample frame was copied once per camera under that agency's terms of use.