吉姆·马尔登(Jim Malden)是一名越战老兵,他失去了妻子和孩子。他生活在一个岛上,岛上到处都是稀有的鸟类。他唯一与人类接触的是斯特拉·克莱顿(Stella Clayton)和她年幼的儿子亚当(Adam),他在大陆有一家小型的供应商店。有一天,一位名叫麦克·沃克的登山运动员来到岛上观察两只稀有的鹰;他没有告诉马尔登的是,他被一个蛋收藏家雇来偷老鹰的蛋。最后,在他成功地把马尔登和克莱顿召集在一起之后,沃克得到了一个机会,可以在鸡蛋上下手。然后他决定把蛋留在巢里,因为他受到了马尔登的影响。Jim Malden, a Vietnam veteran who has lost wife and child, lives as a recluse on an island full of rare birds. His only contacts with humanity are with Stella Clayton and her young son Adam, who have a small supply store on the mainland. One day, a mountain climber named Mike Walker brings a visit to the island to observe two very rare eagles; what he doesn't tell Malden is that he's hired by an egg collector to steal the eagles' eggs. In the end, after he's succeeded in bringing together Malden and Clayton, Walker gets a chance to lay hands on the eggs. He then decides to leave the eggs in the nest, influenced as he is by Malden.