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Courtship, Copulation, and Eagle Romance

February 14, 2026 RaptorResource

Bald eagles are famous for their whirling nuptial flight, but eagle courtship includes any activities that establish a new pair bond or renew an existing one. At our Decorah, Decorah North, and Xcel Energy Fort St. Vrain nests, courtship usually begins in early October. Bonded pairs start working on their nests by bringing in sticks, large branches, and soft materials to replenish and rebuild them. As courtship deepens in December and January, eagles ramp up their nestwork, burying last year’s nestorations under

Mr. North is Back!

February 12, 2026 RaptorResource

Mr. North came back this afternoon and yes, it’s really him! See the ‘beauty mark’ just above his beak? It’s a unique and persistent feature – possibly caused by an old injury – that makes him easy to identify from far away. DNF was nowhere in sight when he settled on the love tree, but she eventually flew in and perched above him. How will everything work out? Join us tomorrow for the latest twist in ‘As The Nest Turns’.

Eagle Relationships in a Crowded Sky: Mr. North, DNF, and a New Mate

February 11, 2026 RaptorResource

What in the nest? While UM (unknown male) was in the North Nest today, another eagle dropped in on him. After reviewing footage, we don’t believe this was Mr. North. Let’s back this story up. If you weren’t aware that Mr. North was missing, see this post: https://www.raptorresource.org/2026/02/09/new-male-at-the-north-nest/. Where are all these eagles coming from? In short, the Norths get visitors; in this case, migratory and wandering eagles that are feeling the urge to move as the days get longer

New male at the North Nest

February 9, 2026 RaptorResource

We planned to open this week with a post about egg-laying and bald eagles. Although interlopers had been seen in and around the Valley of the Norths, bonding activity and nestorations were proceeding well! We were ready to predict that DNF would lay her first egg sometime between February 11 and February 14. But all that changed when Mr. North disappeared Friday. What happened? Our last confirmed sighting of Mr. North was on Friday February 6 at around 1:30 PM,

You asked and we answered: the new Decorah Eagles Cam is online!

February 7, 2026 RaptorResource

Back in September of 2025, when we were doing camera work, we were faced with a choice. The eagles that were nesting around the Decorah Fish Hatchery – HD and HM2 – were working on two nests. Since we didn’t know which nests they would choose, we put cameras near both of them and crossed our fingers for either one. By early December, it was clear that they’d adopted N6, a nest near the fish hatchery and the original Decorah

As The Nest Turns: Trempealeau Edition

February 3, 2026 RaptorResource

So what’s going on with our eagle thruple? A lot of you have asked why Mrs. T and Mrs. MNI tolerate one another. Bald eagle territories (the area they defend against other eagles) average 0.4–0.8 mi2 and the two nests are about .4 miles apart: much closer than the diameter of a typical defended territory. But Mrs. T. and Mrs. MNI appeared to have very few interactions as far as we could tell, with the females largely staying near their

The Xcel Energy Fort St. Vrain Eaglecam is Back!

January 29, 2026 RaptorResource

The Xcel Energy Fort St. Vrain Eaglecam is back online and we have a mystery on our hands! Fort St. Vrain male eagle Pa Jr. was banded. But the male eagle Ma is canoodling with now isn’t banded. Is he a new eagle? And what happened to Pa Jr. if he is? Watch here: https://www.raptorresource.org/birdcams/xcel-energy-cams/ Based on Ma’s comfort level, some watchers think Pa’s band fell off or he managed to remove it. Others – and I count myself in

January 22, 2026: NestFlix and News!

January 22, 2026 RaptorResource

Bitter cold is on the way, which means our eagles will diminish nest-building and territorial activity in favor of (relatively) warm sunny places out of the wind, including the lee side of hills and large limbs, dense stands of trees, and rocky outcrops. Don’t be worried if we don’t see much of them through the cold snap: stay warm like an eagle, kick your feet up, and enjoy our NestFlix! Decorah North Eagles The egg countdown is on! If DNF

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Landowner Spotlight: Myrna Buri

January 20, 2026 RaptorResource

We’re running an occasional series on our landowner partners to highlight their conservation work and show the many ways it is possible to take conservation action. Today, we’re featuring Myrna Buri, who also appeared in our 2025 newsletter: https://www.raptorresource.org/raptorresource/pdf/2025-winter-newsletter.pdf . Myrna’s cliff has produced 39 falcons since 2014. Myrna grew up in a farming family in Nelson, Wisconsin. In the early 1990s, after her father retired from farming, she and her younger brother began to explore putting the family’s farmland

Martin Luther King and Environmental Justice

January 19, 2026 RaptorResource

What is environmental justice and how does it connect to Martin Luther King and Martin Luther King Day? The environmental justice movement addresses a statistical fact: people who live, work and play in America’s most polluted environments are most commonly people of color and the poor. In his 1967 Christmas sermon, Dr. King preached that: “It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single