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May 15: Peregrine peeps and vulture hatch!

May 15, 2024 RaptorResource

It’s that time of the year – we’re on the run and peregrine peeps are popping out all over! The nestbox at Xcel Energy’s Allen S. King plant – the place our utility peregrine program began! – is especially cute: https://www.raptorresource.org/birdcams/xcel-energy-cams/ (and scroll down the page) or https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv2aj-9pcAjTZtK6fbJ-Eyw We’re anticipating hatch at the Missouri Turkey Vultures on or around May 22: https://www.raptorresource.org/…/missouri-turkey-vultures/. The bits don’t have a syrinx, so they vocalize by hissing but also use non-vocal sounds like foot

Happy Mother’s Day!

May 12, 2024 RaptorResource

Happy Mother’s Day to DNF, Mrs. T (you rock!), HM, Mom Decorah, and all Moms with us here and in spirit. Through wind, rain, snow or sunshine, a Mother’s love shines through!This isn’t a new article or book, but I loved this interview about animal Moms: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/160505-animals-mothers-day-holiday-culture. And this book? It’s a favorite (no offense, Mom – you are the best! 😂): https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/08/world/moms-than-you-book-wellness-scn/index.html. We wish all Moms an awesome day!

May 5, 2024: Decorah Day Trip

May 10, 2024 RaptorResource

Story and photos by Robin Brumm I finally had a weekend that cooperated with a nice day, so I headed to Decorah. I was anxious to see if I could see any eaglets at N4, Mom and DM2’s nest. If there are eaglets, they would be about 2 weeks younger than the eaglets at DNN. I was a little on edge since Mom and DM2 haven’t had any eaglets the last two years, so as I walked down the trail

May 1, 2024: News and NestFlix from Decorah North and Trempealeau

May 1, 2024 RaptorResource

DN17 and DN18 turn 38 and 37 days old today and we’re getting asked about their likely sexes. We’ll be looking and listening for differences, but we wanted to address a couple of interesting factors when it comes to eaglet size and sex. After about 30 days, the weights of the two sexes begin to diverge as females gain weight faster than males. Mark Stalmaster tells us that three major circumstances influence the relative sizes of nestmates: early hatchers are

DN18 Update

April 27, 2024 RaptorResource

DN18 update! The eaglet cleared the line some time last night and it is no longer hanging from his or her mouth. The North nest is not easy to get into and entering it while the eaglets are in it puts them at risk. We have canceled our plans to get DN18 from the nest, but are still watching closely. Our camera operators report that the little eaglet has been busy today playing with sticks, cuddle puddling, warbling, eating, and

Problem at the North Nest

April 26, 2024 RaptorResource

As North nest watchers probably know, DN18 swallowed fishing line that appears to have come in with a sucker fish that DNF brought to the nest on April 24. We’ve been monitoring it closely to see if it could clear the line by pulling it out or casting a pellet. The eaglet is eating and behaving normally, but it hasn’t yet managed to remove the line. Eagles eat a lot of indigestible stuff, including sharp bones, and we were hoping

Decorah Goose Update

April 24, 2024 RaptorResource

Three geese hatched in total at N2B. After MG jumped yesterday, one followed her to the ground. But the other two remained in the nest and neither goose parent did much in the way of calling them down or encouraging them to come to the ground. We talked over a few plans and headed to the nest to monitor it from the ground. Shortly after 7PM, the goslings finally decided to jump, although it was unclear whether MG and PG

News and NestFlix from Decorah North and The Flyway

April 24, 2024 RaptorResource

DN17 and DN18 turn 30 and 31 days old today! The dynamic duo are tracking and paying attention to life outside the nest: the place that their parents come from and go to, often bearing food, and the world that their parents see, hear, and respond to: birds overhead, animals on the ground, other eagles, one another. It’s a wonderful look at the ways in which instinct and imprinting unlock an important behavior and all the learning that goes with

Announcing – The Philippine Eagle Cam!

April 23, 2024 RaptorResource

We are thrilled to announce that the Philippine Eagle cam is online here: https://www.philippineeaglefoundation.org/transfer-breeding-eagles-now and here: https://www.raptorresource.org/birdcams/philippine-eagle-cam/ and here! https://explore.org/livecams/raptor-resource-project/philippine-eagles The Raptor Resource Project has partnered with the Philippine Eagle Foundation and Explore.org to bring bird lovers a live 24×7 stream of Ariela and MVP, a mated pair of Philippine Eagles who live at the National Bird Breeding Sanctuary (NBBS) in Barangay Eden, in the Philippines. The Philippine Eagle is one of the largest and most powerful eagles in the

The Wisconsin Kestrels and the New Nestbox!

April 23, 2024 RaptorResource

The Wisconsin kestrels are back and have laid five eggs! We anticipate hatch on or around May 20 this year. A lot of you were curious about the new nest box. Why does it look like the inside of a log? From Neil Rettig Productions: “Last year was one of the only years we didn’t have kestrels nesting at our barn. A pair was interested in the box, but the female seemed very nervous about the set-up. To our surprise,