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Monthly Archives: October 2020

October 30, 2020: Happy Halloween Nestflix!

October 30, 2020 RaptorResource

Kick back, relax, and get ready for Nestflix from Decorah and the Flyway! Before we get into the rest of the videos: if you need some quiet, restful time away from everything, check out Tulsa’s quiet, lovely video of Mom and DM2 in the snow: https://youtu.be/HUf894JTeQM. Looking for a little spooky information about the spooky birds we watch? Follow this link: https://www.raptorresource.org/2019/10/30/birds-in-superstition-and-folklore/. What’s going on in Decorah? A fresh deer carcass is attracting visitors to Mom and DM2’s territory, including

Fort Saint Vrain Eagle Nest Rebuild Project

October 28, 2020 John Howe

By John Howe. We surprised the Fort St. Vrain Eagles with a new nest! Late August to early September is our typical time period for completing eagle nest cam maintenance at the Xcel Energy facility in Fort Saint Vrain Colorado. We were hit with a big surprise the week before heading out for a routine camera cleaning project when we heard from Bill Heston. Bill, our local Xcel Energy eagle cam expert and facility engineer, reported that about 75% of the

October 25, 2020: Your Nestflix Sunday Movie Matinee!

October 25, 2020 RaptorResource

We have your Sunday Nestflix movie matinee! Nest work is kicking into high gear in Decorah, Mr. North and DNF reinforce their bond with a lovely duet, and a sandhill crane’s spectacular beauty is on full display. I hope you enjoy these videos as much as I did! Thanks so much to our camera operators for finding such beautiful sights, to our video makers for sharing them, and to you for watching, learning, and caring. Happy Sunday, everyone! Decorah Eagles October

News and Videos: Decorah Eagles, Decorah North Eagles, and the Mississippi Flyway!

October 20, 2020 RaptorResource

Welcome to our latest news roundup! In Decorah, DM2 brings in another stick: the second of many more sticks to come. We hope Mom is paying attention! At Decorah North, Mr. North quickly visits the nest, giving us a short but lovely look before he flies out. And at the Flyway, migrating waterfowl fill the sky in their hundreds, or perhaps their thousands. We hope you enjoy these videos as much as we did! Decorah Eagles October 19, 2020: DM2

DM2 begins nestorations!

October 19, 2020 RaptorResource

DM2 carried a stick into N2B on Sunday, October 18. As RRP Director John Howe put it, our season starts with the first stick into the nest. For us, it’s like the first gift of Christmas. And he did it so gracefully! Go, DM2 – and good luck impressing Mom with your hard work! Watch the whole video or fast-forward to about 29 seconds to see DM2 fly in.

What is that bird? A Trumpeter Swan!

October 16, 2020 RaptorResource

What is that bird? It is a Trumpeter Swan! Our eagle-eyed camera operators found it yesterday on our Mississippi Flyway cam and we went to ornithologist Tom Prestby for an expert opinion. So how we tell a Trumpeter Swan from the far more common Tundra Swan? Behavior. Our first clue that we were seeing something a little different? There were only two swans. Tundra swans tend to travel in flocks – like snow, a blizzard of white from the north!

D35, D36, and D27 phone home!

October 14, 2020 RaptorResource

Our eaglets sent postcards! As of October 11, D35 was exploring the northern reaches of Elk River, MN; D36 was spending time near Postville, IA; and D27 was back on her wintering grounds just south of the hatchery. While we haven’t seen D27 at the hatchery yet, she’s spending a lot of time just two to five miles south of it – an area with running water, steeply folded hills, and corn and hog farms on the flat lands. We

October 14: What’s up in Decorah? Nestflix and Odds and Ends!

October 14, 2020 RaptorResource

Where are the Decorah Eagles? We started streaming again on October 5th and since then we’ve seen Mom and DM2 maybe a handful of times: DM2 in the nest once and Mom not at all. Is everything alright? Are they going to come back to N2B? Since we’ve been seeing them around the territory, we have no reason to believe that their nesting plans have changed. In 2019, Mom and DM2 didn’t show up in the nest until the evening

It’s NestFlix Time!

October 6, 2020 RaptorResource

Welcome back to our nestflix round-up! While we didn’t see either eagle couple today, we have some wonderful video of bald eagles at the Flyway and a very satisfied squirrel at the North Nest! I liked all of these videos, but I especially enjoyed ‘Eagles tangle talons’ on the Flyway and the squirrel at the North nest. As always, thanks to our camera operators and video makers for finding and sharing such special moments, and to you for watching, sharing, learning,