We will be turning on the Decorah and Decorah North cameras tomorrow between 11:00am and 3pm for the eclipse. We hope to get another glimpse of our eagles, but we’ll be listening and looking for other birds as well. Please let us know if you see or hear anything interesting!
It is early August and I have one satellite transmitter (or PTT) yet to deploy on a young eagle. Dave and Ann Lynch spent two solid weeks in late June/early July perfecting their craft of artful presentation of fish to the Decorah fledglings, yet the “kids” instead chose to food-beg loud and often and insist Mom or Dad bring them food at the nest. There was no evidence of any of the fledglings ever picking up a fish during that
Our After the Fledge weekend is a celebration of the Decorah eagles that takes place in Decorah, Iowa every year! This year, it will take place from Thursday, July 13 to Sunday, July 16. The price for all events is $50 ($25 at registration and $25 for the dinner). Children 16 and under are $13 for the weekend. To register, follow this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeYmsu1PEBBjDZyULV7nJFq2d605SKnJWq60bKMg_bcM0QNvg/viewform Thursday, July 13 Meet and Greet at the Hatchery. Check-in begins at 5 PM under the canopy and
Last night we announced that D27 hadn’t fledged yet. And it hadn’t – at least, not at 1:15pm. But I missed D27’s flight from the nest at 2:16pm. It wasn’t an especially long flight given that D27 returned fairly quickly, and we didn’t have boots on the ground to verify that no one was in the nest…at least, not at 2:16pm! However, after a great deal of discussion with moderators and a thorough review of footage from the time period,
It is April 10 as I write this, and our eaglets are growing rapidly! In Decorah, D26 is 10 days old, D27 is 9 days old and D28 is 6 days old. At Decorah North, DN4 and DN5 are 12 and 11 days old. And at Fort St. Vrain, FSV34 and FSV35 are 15 and 13 days old. D26. See the earhole? In their second week of development, the eaglets will gain roughly two pounds between their 7th and 14th day
Welcome to the world, D28! D28 hatched at 6:57AM nest time (central) this morning, completing hatch at the three bald eagle nests we are watching this year. We have two at Xcel Energy’s Fort St. Vrain nest, three at Decorah, and three at Decorah North! It’s hard to catch a glimpse of the eaglets with the Seattle-style rain Decorah is getting this week, but this video from Blossem Holland gives us a nice look at the new hatchling and a
We have an external pip in Decorah! Thanks to Prairiefirewind and the Decorah mods for their hard work getting this very brief moment. D26 is on the way! Video: https://youtu.be/BN5Var9p8ys It has been 37 days, 21 hours, and 36 minutes since Mom laid egg number one in Decorah this year.
We have a nest round-up! We are getting a lot of questions about the Decorah nest. Have we seen pip? What is going on there? Are you still reporting on it? We are! As of 8:35pm on March 29: Decorah: We haven’t seen a verifiable pip yet, although the rain has Mombrella and PopTent up and in action! We are at 37 days + about an hour and a half now, so our best guess for an external pip is
It’s almost time for hatch watch! We will start hatch watch at Fort St. Vrain on Saturday, March 25; at Decorah North on Sunday, March 26; and at Decorah on Monday, March 27. As many of you already know, hatch begins before pip! We’ll be looking for egg movements and listening for vocalizations between parents and hatching eaglets as we wait for eaglets to arrive. Watch and chat at Decorah: http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles Watch and chat at the North Nest: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/MbgzN2Kpajp Watch
These RRP-designed shirts celebrate the first season of the Decorah Eagles in N2B, the nest we began for them shortly after Bob passed away. The branches of a cottonwood arch over Mom, Dad, D24, and D25, and forested bluffs rise in the background. Apparel options include tee-shirts, sweatshirts, and pull-over hoodies in navy, black, brown, olive, and white. Go to https://www.bonfire.com/decoraheagles/ to order yours by March 28! All sales benefit the Raptor Resource Project.
The Raptor Resource Project
