Author Topic: Decorah Eagles 2012 Edition  (Read 38411 times)

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Re: Decorah Eagles 2012 Edition
« Reply #20 on: Mar 27, 12, 12:02:30 PM »
Absolutely adorable!

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Re: Decorah Eagles 2012 Edition
« Reply #21 on: Mar 27, 12, 12:08:46 PM »
D12 is born!   Took less than 24 hours this time- 65,000 people watching, JOIN US
http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles

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Re: Decorah Eagles 2012 Edition
« Reply #22 on: Mar 27, 12, 03:41:36 PM »
There is a headless fish in the nest right now. Dinner is served! Check it out.

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Re: Decorah Eagles 2012 Edition
« Reply #23 on: Mar 27, 12, 04:53:10 PM »
Just saw a second egg with a pip - new hatchling tomorrow!!!

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Re: Decorah Eagles 2012 Edition
« Reply #24 on: Mar 28, 12, 06:31:50 AM »
So awesome watching first hatch, then little one moving in nest when Dad got off. I bet it will be fed today while hatch #2 occurs. Hope the Iowa winds die down..so much swaying of the nest.  :2thumbsup:

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Re: Decorah Eagles 2012 Edition
« Reply #25 on: Mar 28, 12, 07:44:15 AM »
D13 has hatched!  So now there are two...Mom just brought dad another headless fish (yum!) and when they did their "nest change,"  the two newest editions can be seen.  Mom MIGHT feed D12 today, but maybe not...he/she looks hungry though.

LOVE THIS!  and you will too!  Get on there!

http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles

p.s. Yardbird, where are you????

makgirl

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Re: Decorah Eagles 2012 Edition
« Reply #26 on: Mar 28, 12, 08:51:52 AM »
D12 just got fed for the first time!  FANTASTIC!!

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Re: Decorah Eagles 2012 Edition
« Reply #27 on: Mar 28, 12, 04:39:34 PM »
Dad brought mom a squirrel ... check it out, D12 is HUNGRY!  Now's a good time to look....

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Re: Decorah Eagles 2012 Edition
« Reply #28 on: Mar 29, 12, 07:01:11 AM »
Mom feeding the babies early this am...3rd egg still has not hatched. :(  No pip on it yet either!  The other two sure are hungry.  Check out the new furry bobble heads!

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Re: Decorah Eagles 2012 Edition
« Reply #29 on: Mar 31, 12, 11:59:23 AM »
As Yardbird said...."and then there were three!"   3rd one hatched overnight and has some catching up to do.   Looks like he/she can handle his/her own so far.

This is the cutest time.  Check them out, being fed all the time so plenty of opportunites to see them.
http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles

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Re: Decorah Eagles 2012 Edition
« Reply #30 on: Mar 31, 12, 01:50:14 PM »
Being fed right now. Looks like rabbit.

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Re: Decorah Eagles 2012 Edition
« Reply #31 on: Apr 01, 12, 03:58:52 PM »
Great eagle watching.  I just caught up on the time lapse hatching of #3.  I love that they post video highlights as well as the live stream.

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Re: Decorah Eagles 2012 Edition
« Reply #32 on: Apr 04, 12, 03:42:53 PM »
Ewwww, dad is defeathering a crow he brought in... "eating crow" literally!

hmmm, may be a coot, not a crow...ewww either way

now folks think it maybe a "grackle" 

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Re: Decorah Eagles 2012 Edition
« Reply #33 on: Apr 04, 12, 04:57:12 PM »
Fish for dinner, but parent blocking the view.  Not fair! :)

makgirl

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Re: Decorah Eagles 2012 Edition
« Reply #34 on: Apr 17, 12, 07:33:08 AM »
Over the weekend, they had what appears to be the biggest fish day ever!  Mom and Dad brought a total of 10 fishes (no loaves)!

Check 'em out today- they still have those clown feet and wings they can't control.  Amazing creatures!

http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles

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Re: Decorah Eagles 2012 Edition
« Reply #35 on: Apr 19, 12, 08:08:13 AM »
Nice zooming camera work this morning showing the detail of the eaglet's feathers coming in.  Their heads look like dandilions before you blow the seeds off.  Wow, are they something!

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Re: Decorah Eagles 2012 Edition
« Reply #36 on: Jul 03, 12, 09:42:43 AM »
Sad news on the Decorah Eagles facebook page: 

"We are very sorry to announce that D12 is dead. D12 was found electrocuted at the base of a power pole on a Sunday morning. We notified the power company, who modified the top of that pole on Sunday and several other poles in the area on Mo...nday. As of this morning, they are continuing to identify and modify poles to make them raptor safe. If you find an electrocuted raptor or other bird by a pole, take it to the nearest wildlife center (if it is still alive) and contact your state DNR or local game warden and the utility company that owns the pole."

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Raptor-Resource-Project/103786266324668

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Re: Decorah Eagles 2012 Edition
« Reply #37 on: Jul 03, 12, 12:38:47 PM »
That is so very sad. When you watch them grow up, it really makes it personal, and this stuff must go on all the time.

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Re: Decorah Eagles 2012 Edition
« Reply #38 on: Jul 03, 12, 04:44:26 PM »
6-10-12 - D12 on the "Y" branch.


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Re: Decorah Eagles 2012 Edition
« Reply #39 on: Jul 04, 12, 09:43:34 AM »
That is so sad. I watched that baby hatch, get delicately fed tiny pieces of meat by huge parents, quickly grow into a huge eagle exercising her wings.  I watched those amazing parents take such good care of their three babies through snow storms, and high winds.  There is a great video of mom in the nest with her nearly full size babies during a sudden downpour.  All three babies start flapping their wings and the same time.  Mom is getting bashed from all sides and getting soaking wet.  She patiently stays until the rain lets up. 

It was good to hear the power poles were quickly fixed so other birds don't suffer the same fate.