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March 26, 2024: NestFlix, News, and Cute Overload from Decorah North and Decorah!

March 26, 2024 RaptorResource

Did the eaglets get enough to eat today? It’s an evergreen question, especially when you see the little bobbleheads shivering in the snow, tumbling over, and wrestling one another instead of eating. Fortunately, Mr. North and DNF are perched at the peak of provisioning! They fed the terrific two thirteen times today, with twelve feedings going to DNF and one going to Mr. North. Wrestlemania or not, the eaglets ate well, with eleven feedings for DN17 and eight for DN18.

March 25, 2024: The eaglet has landed!

March 25, 2024 RaptorResource

The eaglet has landed! DN18 hatched at 3:14 AM on Monday, March 25. It’s a good thing DNF got plenty of sleep last night, since these eaglets look like a real handful! We don’t know exactly when DN17 hatched, since it was dry by the time we caught our first glimpse at 6:31 AM yesterday. But I’d guess that the the two eaglets are roughly one day apart.

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Bald eagle tongues and beaks!

March 25, 2024 RaptorResource

We know that bird beaks are specialized for feeding and daily tasks. Birds of prey have strong, curved beaks with sharp edges to help them tear meat. Falcons specialize even further, adding a tomial tooth to help them kill prey. Dabbling ducks have tiny, comb-like structures on their beaks to strain small animals, insects, and plants from water and mud, while piscivorous ducks have saw-like structures to help them hold on to struggling fish. But what about bird tongues or,

March 24, 2024: Welcome DN17!

March 24, 2024 RaptorResource

Congratulations to DNF and Mr. North on the arrival of DN17, the 17th eaglet to hatch at the North nest since we started counting. We don’t know exactly when DN17 hatched, but we got our first glimpse of the little eaglet at 6:31 AM CDT. Welcome to the world, DN17! Good morning, DN17! DN17 has arrived! Bobble-headed & pink footed! DN17’s first feeding…

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March 22, 2024: Pip Pip Hooray!

March 22, 2024 RaptorResource

Pip pip hooray! Hatch has started at Decorah North. The first eaglet to hatch this year will be DN17: the 17th eaglet to be produced here since we started counting and DNF’s 9th eaglet. For a refresher on hatch, follow this link: https://www.raptorresource.org/2024/03/21/april-1-2023-we-are-on-hatch-watch/. Congratulations, Mr. North and DNF! We are so eggcited for you! We’ll be announcing our hatch fundraiser soon, but if you’d like to celebrate by making a donation, follow this link: https://www.raptorresource.org/support-the-raptor-resource-project/make-a-donation/.

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A Messy Meal for DNF!

March 22, 2024 RaptorResource

Diction-aerie word of the day: Cowghetti. The placenta of a cow, eaten or served as dinner in an Bald Eagle’s nest, so called for its stringy appearance and red color | cow·ghet·ti. DNF’s blood-stained appearance is alarming some watchers. Was she injured? Are the eggs okay? What happened? DNF is fine and so are her eggs! The cows near the north nest have started giving birth to mini-moos. Their delivery is followed by placenta, a temporary organ that develops during

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

March 21, 2024 RaptorResource

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

Tick-tock hatch clock! We are on hatch watch at Decorah North!

March 21, 2024 RaptorResource

We are on hatch watch at Decorah North starting tomorrow, March 23, when DNF’s first-laid egg turns 36 days old and the youngest turns 33. While both eaglets probably still have open body cavities, most of their major morphological changes are done. At this point: Hatch Timing I’m very curious about hatch timing this year! Bald Eagles don’t delay incubation like Peregrine Falcons, but they tend to spend more time off their first egg if the weather is warm enough

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March 18, 2024: NestFlix and Chill!

March 18, 2024 RaptorResource

We have your Monday NestFlix, but let’s look at the week ahead before we put our feet up and chill! We’re looking forward to hatch beginning at Decorah North on Saturday or Sunday, first eggs at peregrine falcon sites (my bet’s on Dubuque for the first egg at a nest we monitor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFtQqGanrX0) and a possible return of winter weather later this week! Well, we’re not really looking forward to that last one, but we are curious about what egg-laying

March 13, 2024: News and NestFlix from Decorah North, Trempealeau, and the Geese!

March 13, 2024 RaptorResource

Happy Hump Day, everyone! Before we get into the NestFlix, a quick calendar round-up: Thanks so much for all you do: for watching, sharing, learning, and especially for caring! Among many other things, we’re busy trying to document nesting peregrine falcons right now, so if you get a band number, give me an email: [email protected] Decorah North Nest March 12, 2024: Days end beauty – https://youtu.be/v80-BsYduuc?si=xLCvtuYk-LI_lKWG. A lovely video with great views of Mr. North, the eggs (2:27), the nest

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