I've got the Decorah Eagle Dailies up roughly by hour - click here to see it. The eagle images are great, and we'll have the timestamp back shortly. The real image is quite a bit larger than my sample below...
There aren't any eggs in the Valmont Owls nest yet, although she was in the box for much of the day. Maybe tomorrow?
2/7/2010
One of the owls has been in the box since 6:44 this morning. I think we might be seeing egg-laying.
Also, the Decorah eagle dailies have returned (for now)! I don't have them arranged into hours yet - we need to fine tune a couple of things first - but here is a page with all of the images for your viewing pleasure. I'll be breaking the images down into hours and adding thumbnails over the next couple of days.
2/3/2010
I'm holding my breath as the likely time for Valmont Owl egg-laying draws near. Will they nest in the box this year? Snowflake was in the box for 45 minutes or so last night, between 10:00 and 11:00.
C'mon, Snowflake - nest in the box!
The Fort St. Vrain eagles laid their first egg last year on February 17th. It looks like we'll be seeing eggs again this year, per this video from GreenCashew...
We're going to try adding Decorah eagle dailies tomorrow, so keep your fingers crossed. In the meantime....
Check the forum for ongoing pics and discussion, including Diane's pictures from the release of Harley the Eagle.
1/15/2010
The Decorah eaglecam has been running fairly well, and the eagles have been very busy working on their nest and building the nest cup. Bob is also planning on putting together a curriculum with a blog for this site. We'll keep everyone posted. We may need to go to a smaller image because of bandwidth issues, although Bob has ordered a faster line. We're also looking at a way to do dailies again.
The owls laid their first egg on February 6th last year. Watching them this year, however, I'm beginning to wonder if it won't happen earlier. Keep an eye on this nest!
There is a film festival in Decorah Iowa, next weekend! From the website:
The Oneota Film Festival is two days packed with almost 25 hours of feature-length and short films about sustainability in food, energy, and living – plus eco-tourism, short comedies, and local productions. Some sessions will be followed by panel discussions where you can connect the dots, share ideas and get helpful information from local and national experts.
The American Eagle, which was filmed in part at the Decorah Eagle's nest, will be shown on Saturday. For more information or to register, click here: http://www.oneotafilmfestival.org/index.html
I was happy to see the owls back after the big snowstorm, but I'm not quite sure what this is in the osprey nest. I'm thinking it is an owl - it appeared out of nowhere and was only in the picture for two frames.
Of course, you can also spot pigeons here during the day...
This nest seems to have its share of visitors, although I really like the little mammals you can sometimes see in the Decorah eagle's nest. I've been surprised by the number of fauna the nest attracts.
12/19/2009
The owls Dan and Snowflake are putting in appearances at their Fort St. Vrain nestbox. They've got a nice scrape now.
