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Monthly Archives: January 2021

January 29, 2021: Nestflix from Decorah North and Fort St. Vrain!

January 29, 2021 RaptorResource

We are less than a month away from egg laying at our Decorah North and Xcel Fort St. Vrain nests! We’re seeing and hearing plenty of bonding behaviors – copulation, of course, but also eagle ‘flirting’, which can include pecking, footing, body brushing, vocalizing, and displaying. If you would like to learn a little more about eagle courtship and copulation, follow this link! https://www.raptorresource.org/2020/02/06/courtship-copulation-and-other-things-romantic/. When will our eagles lay eggs and why do they lay eggs in the winter? We

January 22, 2021: A Raptor Movie Marathon from Decorah North, Decorah, and GSB

January 22, 2021 RaptorResource

Happy, happy Fri-yay, everyone! The sun is setting and I’m kicking off my Friday raptor movie marathon with a great big bowl of popcorn! As usual, Mom and DM2 continue to tease us with little visits to N2B…not enough for serious nestoration, but just enough to keep us hoping they come back! Mr. North and DNF are very busy working on their 2021 addition, while eagles are stacking up at Great Spirit Bluff, which has just the right amount of

Racheting Raptor Toes: An upside-down eagle at Great Spirit Bluff

January 22, 2021 RaptorResource

An eagle locked on to a branch and flipped upside down at Great Spirit Bluff on Thursday. It hung there for roughly 32 seconds, looking at its perch mates and flapping its wings every few seconds, seemingly unable to let go of the branch it had fastened on. So what was going on? Flexor Tendons and Grip Let’s start by talking about tendons: the tough tissue that connects muscle to bone. Our human flexor tendons run from our forearms to

NestFlix: Decorah North and Great Spirit Bluff

January 14, 2021 RaptorResource

We have your NestFlix from Decorah North and Great Spirit Bluff! I liked all of these videos, but I loved the North Nest bath time with both eagles – I’ve already got a number two favorite video this year! – and Mr. North’s tree trimming. If you want to see bald eagles, don’t miss the eagle icecapades at Great Spirit Bluff. How many eagles can you count? I counted well over twenty on the ice! Thank you so much to

Where are our eaglets? D27, D35, and D36 phone home!

January 12, 2021 RaptorResource

Where are our eaglets? All three are sticking fairly tight to their current areas, which are about 50 miles away from one another. D27, in Spillville, is the farthest north while D35, near Iowa City, is the farthest south. Eagle D27 D27 turns four in early April of this year. She is in the Spillville area on the western part of her winter range, not too far from Decorah. Brett pointed out that she tends to explore agricultural fields the