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Re: Decorah North Eagles 2024
« Reply #555 on: November 27, 2024, 10:29:38 AM »

Brrrr, well below freezing this morning.  About 8:00, the Norths visited the nest to chatter, then DNF started forming a nest bowl, then moved to a large lower limb south of the nest.  About 9:00, a flock of geese explored the pasture near the creek [no pic], opposite the nest tree.  About 10:00 a red tailed hawk perched high in a tree north of the Claw Tree.

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Re: Decorah North Eagles 2024
« Reply #556 on: November 29, 2024, 10:44:37 AM »

Temps in the teens this morning.  Eagles not in view, but a male hairy woodpecker was foraging on one of the medium sized limbs near the nest about 8:00.

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Re: Decorah North Eagles 2024
« Reply #557 on: November 30, 2024, 02:00:33 PM »

Intense cold today; DNF keeps bringing sticks to the nest.

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Re: Decorah North Eagles 2024
« Reply #558 on: December 01, 2024, 12:29:09 PM »

December 1, 2024, very cold & windy but no snow here.
Have you noticed that DNF's dark headfeathers seem darker this year than the last few?  Makes her easily identified when alone at the nest or on a perch.

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Re: Decorah North Eagles 2024
« Reply #559 on: December 01, 2024, 04:32:11 PM »

About 4:00 this afternoon, two does at the creek bank, crossing the pasture, listening to dogs barking or turkeys gobbling, grazing under the nest area.  One adult doe, one this year's young.

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Re: Decorah North Eagles 2024
« Reply #560 on: December 03, 2024, 01:04:04 PM »

Eagles at work early this frigid morning, just in time for Giving Tuesday!
Rewind almost to any time before 1:00 to see both MrN and DNF on the nest.
One nice view of the nest tree, with an eagle perched to the right.

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Re: Decorah North Eagles 2024
« Reply #561 on: December 03, 2024, 03:23:33 PM »

More tantalizing views, around 1:00, of DNF perching north of the nest with a really big, long stick.  She makes an interim stop near the nest, where she drops the stick.  She poses there for a closeup before perching some more.  Is this location an old perching spot seen from a new angle?

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Re: Decorah North Eagles 2024
« Reply #562 on: Yesterday at 12:31:06 PM »

It's stick tango time, about 8:00 this morning, and again about 10:00.  Better on rewind or video.  Same for DNF trying to break off a stick, this time unsuccessfully, around 9:30 AM.