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BrokenLug

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Re: Decorah Eagles 2023
« Reply #1320 on: July 27, 2023, 08:27:05 AM »
DH2 on the Y this am.
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Re: Decorah Eagles 2023
« Reply #1321 on: July 27, 2023, 09:02:29 AM »
Loved your ATF pics, Lisa! Thanks for sharing them with all of us.
There's our beauty, BL! :D
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Re: Decorah Eagles 2023
« Reply #1322 on: July 27, 2023, 10:56:43 AM »
Quote from: nanimal on July 27, 2023, 09:02:29 AM
Loved your ATF pics, Lisa! Thanks for sharing them with all of us.
There's our beauty, BL! :D

Thanks, and you're welcome, nan!
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Re: Decorah Eagles 2023
« Reply #1323 on: July 27, 2023, 11:00:04 AM »
Morning pics from Decorah - GBH in IR, DH2's talons, DH2 close-up, and one of the P's on bluff perch






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Re: Decorah Eagles 2023
« Reply #1324 on: July 27, 2023, 12:24:32 PM »
DH2 has talons crossed, Lisa.  Wonder what her wish is...
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Re: Decorah Eagles 2023
« Reply #1325 on: July 27, 2023, 12:37:48 PM »
Crossed talons -- Wishing to learn how to catch a fish in the Pond.    ;)
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Re: Decorah Eagles 2023
« Reply #1326 on: July 27, 2023, 12:41:25 PM »
Quote from: Ginger52 on July 27, 2023, 12:24:32 PM
DH2 has talons crossed, Lisa.  Wonder what her wish is...

Wishing for HM or HD to bring fish  ;D
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Re: Decorah Eagles 2023
« Reply #1327 on: July 28, 2023, 10:09:08 AM »
Lisa G, I thoroughly enjoyed your pics from ATF. We don't seem to have any indigo buntings in this area, so that was a treat. I'm impressed with how much our first-time parents are still watching DH2 from nearby. I guess the hunting lessons have begun. Planes were clearly designed to look like eagles! Thanks for sharing these.
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Re: Decorah Eagles 2023
« Reply #1328 on: July 28, 2023, 10:25:03 AM »
Quote from: lilbirdz on July 28, 2023, 10:09:08 AM
Lisa G, I thoroughly enjoyed your pics from ATF. We don't seem to have any indigo buntings in this area, so that was a treat. I'm impressed with how much our first-time parents are still watching DH2 from nearby. I guess the hunting lessons have begun. Planes were clearly designed to look like eagles! Thanks for sharing these.

You're welcome, lil  :)
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Re: Decorah Eagles 2023
« Reply #1329 on: July 28, 2023, 12:00:34 PM »
Early morning, DH2 on the Y, N1, and a branch next to the nest overlooking the pasture. Some calling off-camera, likely one of the parents, but no food on offer.

Later, 9:30-ish, one of the parents was at the edge of the creek, upstream from N1, see pic of takeoff.  Might have been DH2 on the ground nearby but view was too blurry to see anything but some brown feathery body moving as if eating something, so no pic.  Closer to noon, an adult BE perching on a bluff ledge way upstream, probably a parent.
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Re: Decorah Eagles 2023
« Reply #1330 on: July 28, 2023, 12:48:58 PM »
Morning pics from Decorah  - Fish delivery from HD around 5:30am, DH2 with fish, DH2 looking for nestovers after the fish for breakfast, and HD above the cams








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Re: Decorah Eagles 2023
« Reply #1331 on: July 28, 2023, 02:40:35 PM »
Lisa, I missed the pre-color action this morning!  No starving eagle here.

About 1:00 PM, DH2 was on a favorite upstream perch, with wings spread to catch any cool breeze.
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Re: Decorah Eagles 2023
« Reply #1332 on: July 29, 2023, 10:08:01 AM »
Quote from: STLbf on July 28, 2023, 02:40:35 PM
Lisa, I missed the pre-color action this morning!  No starving eagle here.

About 1:00 PM, DH2 was on a favorite upstream perch, with wings spread to catch any cool breeze.


No, DH2 is definitely not starving. 

Loved seeing DH2 spread those wings on the branch upstream. 
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Re: Decorah Eagles 2023
« Reply #1333 on: July 29, 2023, 12:37:13 PM »
Morning today, DH2 calling for food of course, but I didn't see any.  Couple great perching views, thanks to the cam ops.  Short time in the favorite pine tree near the creek with park benches, then some flying around, and perching on top of the Pond side bluffs.

Later, for several hours, an adult, probably HM or HD, perched upstream from N1, appears to be looking down for prey in the creek.
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Re: Decorah Eagles 2023
« Reply #1334 on: July 30, 2023, 02:32:20 PM »
Sunday morning, the cam ops had a look at N2B's cornfield!

DH2 overnight in branches above N1, then to the Y, then to a dead tree between the pines near the Hatchery.
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