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When will our eagles lay eggs?

March 20, 2023: HM and her eggs

When will the Decorah and Decorah North eagles begin laying eggs? While nest timing can very from region to region (Florida, for example, is quite different from Iowa), mark your calendars as follows! Eagles in Florida are beginning to lay eggs. Does Mr. and Mrs. T’s recent copulation mean that we’ll soon see eggs there as well? It does not! Bald eagles have been documented copulating ten months of the year, but in the Upper Midwest and Colorado, they don’t

March 22, 2024: Pip Pip Hooray!

March 22, 2024: Pip Pip Hooray!

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/.

Peek inside a bald eagle egg: 24 days!

Development of an avian embryo

As of this writing, there are two eagle eggs at Decorah North. The youngest is just over 22 days old and the oldest is just over 25 days old. We anticipate that the oldest egg will hatch on or around the morning of March 23. . What do embryonic eagles look they look like as they develop and grow inside their eggs? Dr. Peter Sharpe from the Institute for Wildlife Studies developed a table of bald eagle embryonic development based

Peek inside a bald eagle egg: 11 days!

Chicken embryos roughly 25% of the way to hatch

What do embryonic eagles look they look like as they develop and grow inside their eggs? Dr. Peter Sharpe from the Institute for Wildlife Studies developed a table of bald eagle embryonic development based on work done by Hamburger and Hamilton (1951). While not all bald eagle eggs hatch in 35 days, the stages of development look something like this… What happens between the third and the 11th day? When we last touched on the topic, our embryonic eagle had

February 18, 2024: A second egg for DNF!

February 18, 2024: DNF laid egg #2 today! We got a brief glimpse beyond the high walls of her grass berm - just enough to confirm egg #2!

DNF laid her second egg today at 2:49 PM nest time. When will her eggs begin hatching? I took a look at our records and saw an interesting variance between 2021 and 2022, although she laid her first and second eggs on the same day both years. In 2021, her first egg hatched on March 25 and her second egg hatched on March 27. In 2022, her first egg hatched on March 27 and her second egg hatched on March

DNF laid the first egg of 2024!

February 15, 2024: DNF lays her first egg of the 2024 season.

Congratulations to DNF and Mr. North! DNF laid her first egg of 2024 today at 2:12 PM CT. She tends to lay her eggs about 72 hours apart, give or take a little, so we’ll be watching for egg #2 on Sunday, February 18 at about 2:12 PM – although it could be a little earlier or a little later. As you watch the video, listen for her soft chirps and look for egg labor beginning at about three minutes.

When will it happen? Eggs, falcons, and ice-out in 2024!

March 18, 2022: DNF carefully rolls her eggs

When will the eagles lay eggs? When will falcons come back? Check out our quick and easy schedule below or read on to get the details! Want to help us log spring migrants on the Flyway? Share your sightings on our Facebook page, Instagram, or explore.org’s snapshot gallery. Please @raptorresource on Facebook and Instagram, and tag with #springmigration2024 on all platforms. You can also email photos and sightings to [email protected]. Remember to include the date! Female eagles tend to lay

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