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Monday. March 13: NestFlix and News

March 13, 2023 RaptorResource

Ma FSV laid her third egg at Xcel Energy’s Fort St. Vrain nest on Thursday, March 8, which brings the total number of eggs in our nests to six: three at FSV, two in Decorah, and one at Decorah North. DNF and Mr. North’s lone egg is 21 days old, HM and HD’s two eggs are 16 and 13 days old, and Ma and Pa Jrs eggs are eleven, eight, and four days old! Here’s a peek at what’s going

March 6, 2023: What are we looking forward to this week?

March 6, 2023 RaptorResource

Another Egg for Ma FSV? As of this post, we have one egg at Decorah North (hatch estimated on or around March 28), two eggs in Decorah (hatch estimated on or around April 4), and two eggs at Fort St. Vrain (hatch estimated on or around April 10). Ma usually lays three eggs, so it’s possible she could lay again on March 9th. Are the geese going to lay eggs again? We’ve seen them checking out N2B, but HD doesn’t

March 3, 2023: Friday NestFlix from Decorah and Great Spirit Bluff!

March 3, 2023 RaptorResource

Whatta day, as Sherri Elliott used to say! Peregrine falcon Newman is pulling in potential mates, Ma FSV laid her first egg of 2023 yesterday, and we’re watching HM closely. Will she grace us with a third egg tomorrow? Talons crossed! In the meantime, we have your raptor movie marathon from Decorah and Great Spirit Bluff. Put up your feet and grab some refreshments…it’s time for NestFlix! Decorah Eagles March 3, 2023: HM gathering grass on N2B – https://youtu.be/dX8JIEww9H4. This

February 27, 2023: What are we looking forward to this week?

February 27, 2023 RaptorResource

Since HM laid her first egg on Saturday, we’re hopeful for another egg on Tuesday! Eaglets from this nest will have the designator DH (for Decorah Hatchery) + a long-count number. So the first egg to hatch will be DH1, the second will be DH2, and so on. Hatch usually happens about 39 days after the first egg is laid, which puts it on or around April 5th – talons crossed! Are HD and HM first-time parents? We don’t know

February 17, 2023: Fri-yay NestFlix at Decorah North, Decorah, and Great Spirit Bluff!

February 17, 2023 RaptorResource

Happy Fri-yay, everyone! Hoping for DNF or HM to lay eggs today? Watching for Peregrine falcons at Great Spirit Bluff or any of our Xcel Energy sites? We’ve got a raptor mega-roll movie matinee while you’re waiting! I loved all of these videos, but I especially enjoyed HD’s log cabin, HM on the Y-Branch (it looks like she’s developing a brood patch), Mr. North’s fishy gift, both Norths pondering a squirrel problem, and the fox walking below Newman. It is

February 16, 2023: No eggs yet + falcon yoga

February 16, 2023 RaptorResource

DNF didn’t lay an egg on February 16, although she and Mr. North kept busy with nursery prep: bringing in plenty of new nesting material, scraping and loosening the substrate to keep it soft and fluffy, and raising the rails to keep eaglets in and wind out. They are spending the night just one tree north of the nest tree: not on the nest, but not very far away from it! We’re crossing our talons for an egg tomorrow afternoon

February 13, 2023: What are we looking forward to this week?

February 13, 2023 RaptorResource

What are we looking forward to for the week of February 13? Tick-tock egg-clock, everybody…we’re getting egg-cited! Eggs at Decorah North. DNF laid her first egg on February 16th in 2021 and 2022. Will we have a three-peat this year? It seems possible, especially since the two appear to be working on an egg cup: https://youtu.be/ODY5bU10M6s (we get a nice view of the cup at around one minute in). HM and HD have finally gotten their groove on! We don’t

Tick-tock egg clock! Date guesstimates all around our nests.

January 5, 2023 RaptorResource

Tick-tock egg clock! Okay, it’s a little early to start counting the minutes, but here are the days we’ve penciled into our planners for first eggs, first falcons, and ice-out on the Mississippi River Flyway. Get your (RRP) calendars out and feel welcome to make your own best guesstimates. Eggs will be here before we know it! Decorah North I’m saving the afternoon of February 16th for DNF’s first egg! She’s been a remarkably consistent layer date and timewise, although

Decorah North, Decorah, Flyway, and GSB calendars!

December 26, 2022 RaptorResource

We have your 2023 Decorah North, Decorah, Flyway, and GSB calendars! John and our volunteers did a wonderful job! We hope you like the calendars as much as we do. Links: Decorah Eagles https://www.lulu.com/shop/raptor-resource-project/2023-decorah-eagles/paperback/product-ryjkmj.html?page=1&pageSize=4 Decorah North Eagles https://www.lulu.com/shop/raptor-resource-project/2023-decorah-north-eagles/paperback/product-kerv4e.html?page=1&pageSize=4 Great Spirit Bluff https://www.lulu.com/shop/raptor-resource-project/2023-great-spirit-bluff-falcons/paperback/product-m8n4wq.html?page=1&pageSize=4 Mississippi River Flyway https://www.lulu.com/shop/raptor-resource-project/2023-mississippi-river-flyway/paperback/product-n48wzr.html?page=1&pageSize=4

Birds and Nest-Building

December 13, 2022 RaptorResource

When I say ‘bird’s nest’, you know the type of nest I’m talking about, right? It could be a bald eagle’s stick platform high up in the branches of a tree. Or perhaps a peregrine falcon’s scrape in dirt, sand, or gravel on a shallow cliff ledge. Or maybe the burrows that bank swallows and belted kingfishers excavate in dirt, the cavity nests that woodpeckers excavate in dead wood, or the woven nests that orioles and weavers build. When I

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