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Decorah North Eagles and Blogs

September 7, 2024: Welcome Home, Norths!

September 7, 2024 RaptorResource

The Norths appear to have accepted the nest we built for them – we saw them last night and early this morning! That makes us five for five: we rebuilt N2 in 2015 (Mom and Dad until 2018, Mom and DM2 until fall of 2020), DNN in 2018 (Mr. North and new mate DNF), Fort St. Vrain in 2020 (Ma and Pa FSV), N1 in 2021 (HM and HD), and DNN (again) this fall. If you’d like to know how

Decorah North Nest Rebuild

August 26, 2024 RaptorResource

We completed the Decorah North nest rebuild, cleaned the cameras, and are (mostly) on to our next project on the Mississippi Flyway. I’ve posted a few pictures so you can get a look at how we rebuilt the North nest. Spoiler alert: we used a bionic John-built limb to support a nest ‘basket’, which we filled with branches and mulch. We left two lovely trout for Mr. North and DNF! Click on the photos to enlarge them and see how

August 26, 2024: A quick update from all around our nests!

August 26, 2024 RaptorResource

We’ve got a quick update from all around our nests! We’ve seen DNF and a juvenile – DN17 or DN18, perhaps? – around the Valley of the Norths, although neither DNF nor Mr. North have visited the nest we built for them yet. We’re not too worried about it, since the Norths don’t typically begin nestorations until October. But we do wish the mice hadn’t taken our housewarming gifts…those trout weren’t for you, mice! Given the amount of free food

July 30, 2024: Last Decorah North Chat of the 2023/2024 Season and NestFlix!

July 30, 2024 RaptorResource

Even with the North nest falling, it was a great year for Norths! Come join us for the last chat of the 2023/2024 season on Friday, August 2, from 3:30 to 5PM: https://www.raptorresource.org/birdcams/decorah-north-nest/. We’ll be celebrating DN17 and DN18, reliving the year, and chatting about our plans! While the Norths and Hatchery Eagles are in the ebb of their year, we’re still seeing both couples in and around their nesting areas, including a thrilling visit by HD on July 26.

July 25, 2024: Are DN17 and DN18 on walkabout?

July 25, 2024 RaptorResource

Have DN17 and DN18 started walkabout? Although our camera operators have been looking, we haven’t seen DN17 since July 18th – just as we were gathering for ATF – and DN18 since July 20. While the Decorah nestlings we attached transmitters to didn’t tend to disperse until early September, they started wandering more widely about 30 days post-fledge and began spending more nights away from home. We’ll keep looking for them, since it wasn’t uncommon for our wanderers to return

July 15, 2024: News and NestFlix From Decorah North and Trempealeau

July 15, 2024 RaptorResource

We have your NestFlix from Decorah North and Trempealeau and we hope you enjoy them as much as we did! Curious about our auction? Check it out and place a bid or more here: https://www.32auctions.com/ATF2024. Thanks so much, everyone: for watching, sharing, learning, and especially for caring! We’re looking forward to seeing you at After The Fledge this weekend. Decorah North Eagles Fledgling eaglets are beginning to wander a little more widely and we’re starting to see visitors in the

July 8, 2024: NestFlix and News from the North Nest and Trempealeau!

July 8, 2024 RaptorResource

We’ve got NestFlix from the North Nest and Trempealeau! The eaglets at both places are learning about life beyond the nest and stretching their wings – literally – as they learn by soaring, chasing, perching, landing, and taking off. Eagle college is a few months away, but it’s best to start preparing now, since the professors are not as acoomodating as Mt. North, DNF, and the Ts. I loved all of these videos, but I especially liked TE2 in front

June 26, 2024: News from the North Nest and Trempealeau

June 26, 2024 RaptorResource

The rest of the North nest collapsed this morning when the limb holding it broke at 5:03 AM. Our camera operators gave us a glimpse of the limb on the ground and we’re quite curious to assess the state of the tree as a whole. In the meantime, we’ll keep watching the eagles! The entire North family is doing well and we watched them across the pasture today. It looks like AP placement for DN17 and DN18 in Outdoor School

June 24, 2024: NestFlix and News from Decorah North, Trempealeau, and the Mississippi Flyway!

June 24, 2024 RaptorResource

We saw a real tug-o-fish today as DN18 and DN17 scrapped over a small trout that DNF brought in. Note that DN18 used his eagle table manners – gorging everything but one bite down quickly. No one can steal it once it’s down the hatch…exception here: https://lauraerickson.substack.com/p/parasitic-jaeger-in-july! Fledge and post-fledge activities are going on at all of our eagle nests right now and several people have expressed concern that the fledglings aren’t being fed. It’s common for feedings to decrease

June 21, 2024: NestFlix and Chill!

June 21, 2024 RaptorResource

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for supporting our fledge fundraiser. You donated $16,000 dollars to support our education and research work yesterday, which is amazing! Your donations keep cameras streaming, scopes trained on peregrine falcon bands, autumn banding stations open, classrooms learning about bald eagles and peregrine falcons, and so much more! So again, thank you – and a special shoutout to our volunteers for a wonderful day. John and I had a great time chatting and

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