Lazydaisy. the nest on the NU site is located to the best of my knowledge in British Columbia Canada. This nest is on private property and this pair has been nesting in this spot for a few years now. The owner of the property had to get permission to install the cameras because eagles are so protected they did not want to intefere with the mating/nesting/hatching/raising process of the eagles. The owner of the property had started this out on his own and had gotten such a large demande from the public to be able to view the eagles that he asked for assistance and Nothern Utilities stepped in to help out. The feed is live 24/7 and this nest has 3 eaglettes. I was only seeing one, but this morning I say the other one and he/she is much smaller than his/her brother or sister. I am happy to see that both has made it this far. Louise

I'm in the Binghamton area. While building the Presidential Helicopter Building in Owego NY we were honored to have a pair of Bald Eagles watching our work progress. They would fly in fish the pond then sit in the trees and watch us work.The interesting part was we were being watched by Americas greatest symbol while constructing the building that our next presidents helicopter would be built in.Talk about Big Brother watching! The pair nests nearby on an island in the river.There are others . I'm told one that flew over my truck while driving up Kattelville Hill is one of a pair nesting at Chenango Valley State Park.Last winter I made a short trips to the Cannonsville Resv. area. Between there and the Binghamton area I saw 10 different eagles in one week.They are awsome beautiful birds.

Oh, isn't the one from Decorah amazing? you can even watch them at night after dark. sorry I can't help you with any others...being from Iowa, I can't tear myself away from Decorah. Good luck with your search for others.

I'm thinking that if the dining room table ends up full of clutter /used as a drop zone, the best answer is to organize the house in such a way that this DOESN'T happen! What's the source of the clutter? If it's school bags, include something like lockers in the utility room. If it's paper and junk mail, consider some sort of collection-spot by the front door. I personally think moving the dining room table to the bump-out is a brilliant idea because it'll bring in more light, regardless of what you choose don't just accept and plan a major part of the house to be for clutter ! I understand the idea of wanting your kitchen -- not always the cleanest spot -- to be hidden from view, and keeping it in the back of the house IS a good idea; however, that's not the only way to accomplish this goal. A two-level island could do the same thing. A well-planned kitchen (with ample storage) that encourages you to keep things neat could do the same thing. I also have two girls, who are now 18 and 21. A divided bathroom is not a "need". It's not even a positive! Items of architectural interest that don't cost a fortune. You really have to do some reading to figure out what things YOU like, but here are a couple ideas: The dining room in the plan we're going to build is set up much like yours, and this bookcase over banquette in the dining room is a picture I've had a long time. It's not particularly expensive, but it is more interesting than a plain wall. A thick wall walk-through is more interesting than a skinny wall (and this kind of harkens to the problem I pointed out with the skinny wall near the foyer). Note that this wall isn't just thick for no reason: It hides a bookcase /chest of drawers. The curved doorway is expensive, but the storage-placed-in-wall-to-make-it-look-thicker isn't. CPArtist, I don't think it's that the OP doesn't want to create a house with architectural interest; rather, I think she isn't far enough into this project yet to recognize what that means. The answer, of course, is reading and studying. I personally would put the master bedroom back door in the bedroom. I think it's a bit odd in the bathroom, but that is personal opinion. Kids can't sneak out of 5 acres? Oh, please! I grew up with a 5-acre front yard and two 15-acre side yards; the woods and farm were behind the house! And while none of us five were really sneak-outers, an occasional person may've snuck IN without our parents' knowledge. The secret is to have the friend park just out of sight and walk over. This is a parenting issue, not something that can be avoided by organizing the house "just so". Anytime you say, "My kids will never ___ because of ___", you're kidding yourself! MadEye Moody, a wise wizard, told us: Constant vigilance! If you intend to care for the elderly in this house one day, you should definitely make some changes in the bathroom -- that's the #1 thing that causes people trouble in their homes as they age. I suggest you do some reading on Universal Design or Aging-in-Place. You'll find loads of small things you can do now that'll make your "retirement job" possible in the future. Hearing that you're planning on hobby farming, I'm copying the same thing I just wrote on another post a few minutes ago -- It's about a showers in mudrooms: As for a shower in the mudroom, it's not so practical as it sounds: You walk in and want to take a shower before you enter "the house proper". So you walk into the mudroom, dragging in dirt, then get into the shower (be sure to allot space for a hamper for dirty clothes) ... then, although you're clean, your clothes are still all the way across the house. So do you walk across the house in your towel? Hope your kids don't have friends over. A better plan: The real problem is YOUR FEET. So instead of a mudroom shower, go with a nice big foot wash just outside the house (or in a garage); it could double as a dog wash. Make it maybe 2x3 tile, and include a low spigot, a drain and maybe a spray so you can really squirt off the mud. Place a rack or shelf for wet shoes right by the foot wash. Place your foot wash right by the back door so that once your feet are clean, you're ready to step right into the house (obviously you don't want to walk across the yard with your now-clean feet). Once you're in the house, go straight to your own bathroom, where you have your own towels, toiletries, and clean clothes.