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RRP's Birds: Bald Eagles, Peregrine Falcons, American Kestrels, Ospreys, Turkey Vultures, and More! => Bald Eagles 2025 => Topic started by: mrsfalcon on January 13, 2025, 02:05:30 PM
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Welcome to the 2025 Trempealeau Eagles thread! Post observations, pictures, and anything else about the Trempealeau Eagles here!
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AMY Something going wrong? Don't know what to try next on my end. Only able to get 2 or 3 links. Nothing posted after 1/13. And 3 nest Cams: Decorah Eagles, NN, and Trem.
Can you send out some new direction clues/links to our email addresses to get back in and up to date?
I did try those "new" ones from you and those hints from Old Guy. Is there a new plan of action or set of directions?
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Testing to see if I get it how to post posts :).
Our lovely Mrs T:
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Testing to see if I get it how to post posts :).
Our lovely Mrs T:
Hi, Rosieann! Great pic of Mrs. T :)
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Hi, Lisa!
Isn't she a beauty. And the Mr is a cute one :)
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Hi, Lisa!
Isn't she a beauty. And the Mr is a cute one :)
Yes!
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Discussions on the nest this morning. Mrs had a stubborn stick and the cute Mr wanted to help with it. He dragged the stick over Mrs and she was sorta tangled in the stick. She was not happy with the help. Mr worked other sticks on the rail and Mrs continued on the stubborn one.
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Some screenshots that I took a short while ago of Mr and Mrs T
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A Sunday morning visit, Mrs T tries the bole and Mr T is just a cutie on that mini branch.
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Very nice early morning pic!
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We have opened up a Flash Chat with Mr and Mrs T in view. Please come join us if you can: https://www.raptorresource.org/trempealeau-eagles/
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Mrs & Mr were busy this morning and I have a thing for eagle feet ;D even blurry ones
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We're opening up an impromptu Chat at Trempealeau from 1-3 CT today. We're having our 1st egg fundraiser too, celebrating DNN's 2 eggs, but hope that Mrs T "might" still lay an egg today. Hope to see you there. https://www.raptorresource.org/trempealeau-eagles/
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With Mrs T on the nest at Trempealeau, we're opening up a Flash Chat. Come join us if you can.
https://www.raptorresource.org/trempealeau-eagles/
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While we wait for eggs, Mrs T is in her backyard gathering fluff.
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Sunday morning mating. Maybe eggs soon🤞
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Egg #1 approx 1.42 pm!!
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Awesome getting our first egg here. Can’t wait to watch these parents.
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Thanks for the good news! :D
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Mrs T laid the second egg approx 12.42pm.
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Egg number 2. Looking forward to watching this nest.
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Mrs T laid egg #3 approx 4.15 pm 03-10-2025.
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Three eggs - exciting! Hoping for the best for this eagle family!
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I followed this nest last season and I really believe that it the same Mr & Mrs this season. How they look, how they sound and how they behave is what tells me it is the same old eagles as last season.
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I’m sure it’s the same parents Rosieann. So excited to see we have three eggs this year. They will need to be busy to support three hatchlings. Can’t wait to see what happens.
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On the T's and while we wait for hatch...
In general, eagles start laying later with a new mate and drift earlier. We saw this:
- With Mom and Dad (she was new)
- With Mr. and Mrs. North (he was new)
- With Mr. North and DNF (she was new)
- With Pa (OP) and Ma (she was new)
- With Ma and Pa (NP) (he was new)
There are exceptions to the first year-rule in my records. Mom moved four days later in her second year with DM2. Harsh weather (unusually cold, dry weather coupled with deep snow) can also push eggs later, and intruders can disrupt hormonal cycles as we saw with DNF in 2023. But cold, dry weather did not apply prior to egg laying this year: our other two bald eagle nests moved significantly earlier, as did several of our peregrine nests. We don't know if intruders drove things later, but I would have expected the Ts to float earlier or stay about the same in accordance with what we usually see, and what every other nest was doing. Instead, she laid eight days later this year.
Eagles usually lay the same number of eggs every year after the first year. We saw this:
- With DNF, who laid two eggs every year beginning in 2019, with the exception of 2023 (1)
- With Ma FSV, who laid three eggs every year beginning in 2008, with the exception of 2007 (2, first year nesting), 2010 (2), and 2025 (4)
- With Mom Decorah. However, she did lay two eggs in her first year of nesting (2008)
There are exceptions to number of eggs, and first-year nesting is one of them. However, we see an equally strong correlation between young/new adults and changes in the number of eggs. Mom and Ma FSV were both young/new adults when they started laying. Based on plumage, DNF and Mrs. T were not, and DNF did not change to laying three eggs in subsequent years. Quick note and yes, it still gets argued about: not all birds begin breeding as soon as they reach sexual maturity. We have years of data on it.
So:
- One or both of the two could be new, which would explain why they drifted eight days later and why she laid three eggs.
- Mr and Mrs. T could both be the same eagles as last year. If this is the case, I'm perplexed by how much later they moved, but the switch from two to three eggs wouldn't be that uncommon.
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She did a quick egg roll early this morning just after the camera changed over to daylight viewing. I believe we have a pip. Waiting for RRP to make official announcement.
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I’ve tried to rewind and pause at the exact second it looks like a pip. I still can’t tell if I’m seeing a pip or a dark piece of grass in front of the egg. The questionable moment is right at the last second before she settles back down.
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I think the first chick is out of the egg just now!
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Sure enough. Let the fun begin.
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Thanks for the heads up. I see a half eggshell now. Hoping for a good season for this beautiful pair!
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Sweet lil bobblehead!
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Feeding attempt!
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Feeding time for TE3
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54445571949_526bd184ec_b.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54445571944_ca9b106998_b.jpg)
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That feeding looked successful. So sweet!
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TE3 did the cutest little PS, not sure if it was the ever first
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I really appreciate the camera work. That was a nice zoom on the egg that is currently pipping, about half an hour ago. That little beak is hard at work!
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TE4 is in our world! We're opening up a Flash Chat at Trempealeau. Please come join us in the celebration! https://www.raptorresource.org/trempealeau-eagles/
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I always have a hard time watching the feedings when there is more than one eaglet. I want to reach into the scene most of the time and move the one getting all the food out of the way. The one not getting fed always seems to be looking off in the wrong direction. They always seem to work it out, but it’s an anxious feeling to watch. 😀
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Agreed!