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Oh-oh…he sees us!

November 19, 2024: Subadult Bald Eagle on the Flyway

Uh-oh…he sees us! The arrival of winter weather has sent the last migrants south by the hundreds. Our Golden Eagles are back on their Driftless wintering grounds and Bald Eagles are pouring through the Flyway, gathering in large multi-age groups as they go. The Diction-aerie lists ‘convocation’ for ‘a group of eagles’, but watchers have also suggested quarrel, rabbler (as in rabble), congress, recess, carnival, rave, gawk, confusion, scrum, and frat party! Foraging in large groups helps any given eagle

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Technical support: YouTube is ruffling our feathers!

November 19, 2024: Mr. North and DNF

Every nest needs a little maintenance now and then! 🛠️ YouTube ruffled some feathers with a recent change, but don’t worry—we’ve been busy tidying up the nest and have tools ready to help you manage the mess. Here’s what you need to know: Thanks, everyone! We’re sorry about the inconvenience and we hope YouTube fixes it soon. At least our eagles are having more luck with their nestorations!

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November 15, 2024: Home Improvement with DNF and Mr. North!

November 15, 2024: Nest improvement with Mr. North and DNF!

Happy Fri-yay everyone! Sit down and chill with Nestflix from the North and Fort St. Vrain eagle nests. We have Nest Improvements with DNF and Mr. North, inquisitive deer, lunch invaders, and…is a Golden Eagle pestering Pa at the Fort St. Vrain nest? We see it only very briefly, but Fort St. Vrainers especially take note: the eagle that rockets through at 5:19 appears to have booted or feathered legs! Decorah North Eagles November 14, 2024: Nest Improvement with DNF

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When will our eagles lay eggs?

March 20, 2023: HM and her eggs

When will the Decorah and Decorah North eagles begin laying eggs? While nest timing can very from region to region (Florida, for example, is quite different from Iowa), mark your calendars as follows! Eagles in Florida are beginning to lay eggs. Does Mr. and Mrs. T’s recent copulation mean that we’ll soon see eggs there as well? It does not! Bald eagles have been documented copulating ten months of the year, but in the Upper Midwest and Colorado, they don’t

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2025 Calendar Announcement

Decorah North Calendar: first feeding!

Does anybody really know what time it is? You will – or at least you’ll know the date – with our 2025 calendars! We’ll have a Decorah North calendar, a Decorah throughout the years calendar, a Great Spirit Bluff calendar, and a Mississippi Flyway calendar. Mark your calendar and cross your talons for November 25! Here’s a sneak peak at some images we’re considering – and share your own favorites over on our Facebook page if you like!

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November 13, 2024: Meet me at the Love Branch!

November 13, 2024: Meet me at the Love Branch!

♪ The Love Branch ♫ is a little ole place ♫ where ♩ Bald Eagles get to-getherrrrr ♫ In this case, the Love Branch is a well-worn white pine branch and the eagles are Mrs. T and Mr. T, on (we think) their second year as an eagle couple. Bald Eagles have been documented copulating ten months out of the year; at our latitude, they copulate productively between mid-January and early March, but they also copulate outside that time frame

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November 12, 2024: What large and wonky sticks you have, Mr. North!

November 12, 2024: Bald Eagle Mr. North with a wonky stick

Did you see? The North’s nest is growing by sticks and bounds! We left it a starter nest, with plenty of room for expansion by two dedicated eagles near a fully stocked Nest Depot. They’ve installed carpeting and taken nest decor to new heights, raising the rails and accepting squirrely new sub-basement tenants in the recently renovated space below their nest. We knew they would pile the sticks up, but at this rate, I’m wondering when they’ll reach the end

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Observing Veteran’s Day

Observing Veteran's Day

On November 11, Veterans Day, we honor and celebrate the service of all military veterans. You heard the call of duty and left the lives you knew to answer it. With respect, honor, and gratitude: thank you for your patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good. When we think of veterans, we think of our friends and family. But veterans also include dogs, horses, pigeons, elephants, mules, camels, bald eagles, and canaries. Animals

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November 8, 2024: News and NestFlix from Decorah North and Great Spirit Bluff

November 8, 2024: A beautiful coyote forages near the North Nest. Is this same coyote we saw hunting yesterday? https://youtu.be/3ZaSywUQULo?si=xUdNPaVxMCSZUB0f

Happy Friyay, everyone! With nestorations and sticky shenanigans in full swing at all of our nests, we thought we’d give everyone some food for thought on nests: https://www.raptorresource.org/2024/11/08/birds-and-nest-building/ and nest-building in Bald Eagles: https://www.raptorresource.org/2024/11/08/bald-eagles-nest-building-foraging-and-social-learning-musing/. Meanwhile, our camera operators and videomakers have been hard at work to collect the very best from our nests. We hope you enjoy these videos as much as we did and as always, thanks so much for watching, sharing, learning, and especially for caring! Decorah North

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Bald Eagles, Nest Building, Foraging, and Social Learning #musing

October 6, 2023: Side by side nestorations!

It’s early November and all of our eagle couples – Mr. North and DNF, Ma and Pa FSV, the T’s, HM and HD, and Mom and DM2 – are working on their nests. Bald eagles are famous for their whirling nuptial flights, but nest-building is where the rubber really hits the road: it puts mates in close contact with one another and shows off an eagle’s strength, inter-individual cooperation ability, and skill level. We know that imprinting, instinct, experience, and

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