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May 8, 2023: What are we looking forward to this week?

May 8, 2023 RaptorResource

What are we looking forward to this week? We’ve got hatch at Great Spirit Bluff, nestling falcons at Alma, Great River Energy, and the Dubuque Courthouse, and some projected big nights on the Mississippi Flyway. Let’s break it down! Great Spirit Bluff Hatch has started at Great Spirit Bluff! Falcons normally begin full incubation after they lay their penultimate egg and it generally takes about thirty-three days from the onset of full incubation to the beginning of hatch. Savanna laid

April 24, 2023: What are we looking forward to this week?

April 24, 2023 RaptorResource

What are we looking forward to this week? Hatch has started at the Canada Goose nest, which means the leap of faith should happen tomorrow or Wednesday! The Missouri Turkey Vultures laid their first egg in the loft early on Sunday morning, so we’re looking for a second egg later today or very early tomorrow morning. DH2 entered its third week of life on Friday, so we’re watching for grey thermal down, emerging ‘mohawks’, and possibly pellet casting. It appears

April 18, 2023: What are we looking forward to this week?

April 19, 2023 RaptorResource

What are we looking forward to this week? We’re anticipating hatch in the goose nest with the leap of faith following about 24 to 48 hours afterwards! We’re guesstimating hatch to begin on April 22, but it could happen a little earlier or a little later than that. Decorah and Xcel Energy Fort St. Vrain Eaglets In Decorah, DH2 will turn two weeks old on Friday! In its second week of life, our little eaglet will gain roughly two pounds,

April 3, 2023: What are we looking forward to this week?

April 3, 2023 RaptorResource

Hatch at N1 We’re on hatch watch in Decorah! Our best guesstimate date is April 4th, but hatch is a process, not a single event. Remember to look for a pip – starring, cracks, or holes that indicate hatch is imminent – towards the blunt side of the egg, not the pointed side. While you wait for the eggs to hatch, you can watch the horses! The first eaglet to hatch will be DH1. Reclutch at Decorah North? Will the Decorah

March 28, 2023: What are we looking forward to this week?

March 28, 2023 RaptorResource

What are we looking forward to this week? Eggs, eggs, eggs! We have four eggs at Dairyland Power’s Alma plant, at least one egg at Great River Energy’s Elk River campus, and eggy falcons at Minnesota Power’s Hibbard plant and three other sites that aren’t online. We don’t know how many eggs Mother Goose will lay, but she’s laid four so far and should be going into full incubation soon. We’re also looking forward to hatch in Decorah (our estimate

March 20, 2023: What are we looking forward to this week?

March 20, 2023 RaptorResource

What are we looking forward to this week? On Friday, we’ll be hosting a movie night at Convergence Ciderworks in Decorah! Come watch EaglePower with John, Dave, and Amy, meet Dave’s Red-tailed Hawk Jewel, learn more about our programs, and drink delicious cider. Doors open at 5:30 and the program starts at 6pm. More here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1404200043743501. We’re in what Bob used to call the incubation doldrums at our Decorah Hatchery and Xcel Energy Fort St. Vrain eagle nests. But we’re

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

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 20, 2023: What are we looking forward to this week?

February 20, 2023 RaptorResource

What are we looking forward to this week? We are holding our first egg fundraiser on February 24, so hopefully we’ll have some eggs to celebrate! We’re not sure why DNF is so much later this year, but she and Mr. North showed up this afternoon and she’s perched near the nest as I write this. Talons crossed for today or tomorrow! Speaking of talons: HD’s toe is looking better, although we don’t know whether or not he will keep

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