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Trempealeau Eagles Update

April 5, 2024 RaptorResource

What’s going on at the Trempealeau eagle nest and where is Mr. T? We haven’t seen him since March 28. Prior to that, he and Mrs. T were exchanging incubation duties and he was acting like a normal eagle Dad. But we haven’t seen him on the nest since his last shift and no one has reported or found him, live or dead, in the vicinity of the nest. The couple’s first eaglet hatched on very late on April 2nd

What’s Up With the Geese? Canada Geese, Reproduction, and Conspecific Brood Parasitism

April 5, 2024 RaptorResource

On Saturday April 1, goose watchers at N2B saw a female goose fly into the nest. After a lot of biting, pushing, and tussling, she laid an egg despite MG and PG’s best attempts to repel her. One of the local eggs dropped out of the nest, although MG and PG ended up incorporating the intruder’s egg into their own clutch. At one point, it was thought that Canada geese were strictly monogamous. Close observation has yielded a more nuanced

Eaglet Growth and Development, Week Two

April 3, 2024 RaptorResource

In their second week of development, eaglets gain roughly two pounds, experience rapid growth in features like beaks, culmens, and footpads, start replacing their white natal down with thicker grey thermal down…

April 2, 2024: News and NestFlix from Decorah North, Decorah, and Great Spirit Bluff

April 2, 2024 RaptorResource

The wind blew and the rain and snow flew, but DNF and Mr. North fed the eaglet crew! The terrific two ate nine times today so far, including a dual feeding by Mr. North (DN18) and DNF (DN17). The P’s shielded their eaglets from the wind and snow and got food in them quickly before Mombrella settled them under her warm feathers. This winter has felt like one long April Fool’s joke, with the punchline ending – we hope? –

March 30, 2024: A Day Trip To Decorah!

April 2, 2024 RaptorResource

Story and Photos by Robin Brumm The weather finally cooperated and I was able to go to Decorah and not get snowed or rained on. So I got up at dark o’clock (not really, it was light o’clock) and headed off to Decorah. I was thinking about Mom and DM2 on the way over and had my talons crossed that they were still incubating. Their last 2 seasons haven’t been successful and I hope that this season will be a

Hatch fundraiser: Any donation in any amount helps!

April 1, 2024 RaptorResource

Join us for our hatch fundraiser on Saturday, April 6! We’ll be chatting on the North Nest channel from 9 AM to 11 AM, 2 PM to 4 PM and 6 to whenever we stop as we celebrate Decorah North, where DN17 and DN18 will be turning 12 and 13 days old; Trempealeau, where we hope to have a brand new hatchling; and Xcel Energy’s Fort St. Vrain nest, which should begin hatch around April 10. We know that not

March 29, 2024: News and NestFlix from Decorah North and GSB

March 29, 2024 RaptorResource

Fast-forward to a shallow stream 15,000 years ago. Suckers are making their way upstream to spawn. Suddenly, an eagle swoops down and hooks one to bring to his waiting young, who are clamoring hungrily in the nest above. Dad has food. His legacy will survive into a future he can’t imagine. Solstice, this Easter weekend, and the arrival of this year’s first suckerfish have me thinking about spring and fall, the great pivots of the year. It fills me with

Watching Bald Eagles

March 29, 2024 RaptorResource

This is a flashback post first published on April 26 of 2012. I repost it every year when the eagles begin bringing suckerfish into the nest. For new followers: Bob (Anderson) founded the Raptor Resource Project and was its first director. You can learn more about him here: https://www.raptorresource.org/about-us/remembering-bob-anderson/. Here’s 2024’s first sucker – note that it was big enough to make Mr. North work! https://youtu.be/ax2M02stxuI?si=fjfCIRm8HUcoxTnp. Bob took a turn operating the controls at the bald eagle camera this morning.

Peregrine Falcons: Lifestyles of the Fast and Furious!

March 28, 2024 RaptorResource

A blog about peregrine falcons, especially the Great Spirit Bluff falcons. Watch them here: https://www.raptorresource.org/birdcams/gsb-falcons/

So Hungry! Growing eaglets, growing appetites!

March 28, 2024 RaptorResource

DN17 and DN18 turned three and two days old yesterday! The eaglets aren’t ready wander the nest just yet, but it was fun to see them popping their little periscopes up from beneath DNF and Mr. North’s feathery coverlets. Did the dynamic duo get enough to eat? Our camera operators recorded seventeen feedings from DNF and five from Mr. North. DN17 ate 14 times and DN18 ate 12. I’m surprised they could left their heads for more food by the