GSB Falcons and Blogs

April 2, 2024: News and NestFlix from Decorah North, Decorah, and Great Spirit Bluff

April 2, 2024: A snowy shift change. This reminds me of the care Mom and Dad took with their eaglets, who stayed safe and warm in the worst spring weather.

The wind blew and the rain and snow flew, but DNF and Mr. North fed the eaglet crew! The terrific two ate nine times today so far, including a dual feeding by Mr. North (DN18) and DNF (DN17). The P’s shielded their eaglets from the wind and snow and got food in them quickly before Mombrella settled them under her warm feathers. This winter has felt like one long April Fool’s joke, with the punchline ending – we hope? –

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March 29, 2024: News and NestFlix from Decorah North and GSB

March 28, 2024: I love family feedings. Mr. North and DNF work together - more or less - to feed their young.

Fast-forward to a shallow stream 15,000 years ago. Suckers are making their way upstream to spawn. Suddenly, an eagle swoops down and hooks one to bring to his waiting young, who are clamoring hungrily in the nest above. Dad has food. His legacy will survive into a future he can’t imagine. Solstice, this Easter weekend, and the arrival of this year’s first suckerfish have me thinking about spring and fall, the great pivots of the year. It fills me with

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March 21, 2024: News and NestFlix from around our nests!

March 21, 2024: What's going on down there? DNF was restless today, looking at and listening to her eggs.

Tick-tock hatch clock! We’re starting hatch watch at Decorah North tomorrow! If you’d like a peek inside the egg right now, follow this link: https://www.raptorresource.org/2024/03/21/april-1-2023-we-are-on-hatch-watch/. We believe Trempealeau will begin hatch around April 4 and Fort St. Vrain will begin hatch around April 10, so we’ll have plenty of eaglets to watch! We’re pretty excited to compare nests, nestlings, and parenting styles across three states this year: Mr. North and DNF in Iowa, Ma and Pa FSV in Colorado, and

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March 8, 2024: News and NestFlix from around our nests!

March 6, 2024: Mr. North appears to be shedding a tear, but it isn't a tear or extra-renal salt removal (which is pretty cool, TBH). It's a remarkably well-placed raindrop!

Congratulations to the Fort St. Vrain Eagles on their third egg! We haven’t passed the solstice yet, but spring has sprung: almost all of the birds we watch are busy laying eggs, tending eggs, protecting territory, courting, and/or copulating right now! We’ve been working hard and hope to have a few cool surprises for everyone in the weeks to come, but in the meantime, kick up your feet, grab a beverage, and soar into the weekend with our NestFlix raptor

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February 26, 2024: News, NestFlix, and new cams!

February 26, 2024: Handsome Mr. North incubating eggs.

We know it is late February, but it really feels like spring has sprung! We’ve got eagles on eggs at the North nest and our new Trempealeau eagle cam, we’re eagerly awaiting eggs at Xcel Energy’s Fort St. Vrain nest, female falcons are lining up for Newman’s food gifts at GSB, the ice is entirely out on the Flyway, and we’re seeing and hearing spring arrivals everywhere! We’re also getting ready for our First Egg Fundraiser on March 2, chatting

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February 20, 2024: NestFlix, News, and What’s Coming Up!

February 19, 2024: DNF rolls her eggs and gently settles over them.

We have a NestFlix Megaroll for everyone tonight, but I wanted to go through our calendar before we get started. Here’s what’s going on! Thank you so much for watching, sharing, learning, and caring! We hope you enjoy the videos as much as did! Decorah North Eagles February 20, 2024: Beautiful view of both eggs at shift change – https://youtu.be/oYdtdkkG10E?si=jzea-s9hoi-eNHs-. We finally got a glimpse of the eggs! They look lovely nestled in their bed of soft golden grass: the

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2023 RRP Highlights: Savanna feeds her new hatchlings

May 10, 2023: Savanna feeds her new hatchlings.

We’re continuing our 2023 highlights with a look at Peregrine Falcon Savanna. Savanna, who nested at Great Spirit Bluff with Newman this year, was a 2019 hatch from Bank of the West in Fargo, MN. Savanna was named after Savanna Greywind, a young Native American woman who was murdered in 2017. We were thrilled to see Savanna’s namesake falcon show up at GSB this spring. Falcons instinctively respond to their offspring’s vocalizations and needs, but first-time parents don’t always understand

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2023 Great Spirit Bluff Recap

March 25, 2023: Savanna basks in the sun at Great Spirit Bluff. I love her full crop and beautiful feathers!

2023 was a year of cheers and sorrows for the falcons at Great Spirit Bluff. After Newman returned on February 11th, we started to look for Zooey. While she never returned, he attracted a female named Savanna and quickly bonded with her. We saw some competition for the site, but Savanna held on to it and laid her first egg on March 29 at 8:28 PM. Three more eggs followed on April 1st, 3rd, and 5th.

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