Bird Cams Around the World

Dec 8
11.30 am
outage for a few hours here and Decorah
Its back now
https://youtu.be/l2pC7lIxTeo

I got decorah but not GSB

Dec 10
3 year old juvie sat there on a branch for awhile

TRIVIA
Jan 24, 2019 from RRP

DNF's afternoon meal of squirrel.

Amy posted this earlier today in her Decorah North blog post:
https://www.raptorresource.org/2019/01/ ... h-nestflix

"Falconer Frank Taylor told me that squirrels can be surprisingly dangerous prey. They bite hard and fast, and their bites can inflict permanent damage on talons and tendons. However, they are also plentiful and available year-round, which makes the risk worth it!"

January 29, 2019 *
* posted on wrong Decorah Jan 25
They look like they are both looking for an egg!


North Nest Announcement
From RRP

We have finished combing through archival photos from 2016 to present and have confirmed that we have our same male eagle (Mr. North) going into the 2019 nesting season, but we have had a change in our female eagle (Mrs. North). We are not sure what happened to Mrs. North to prompt this change, but we know it happened in the summer of 2018. With the crazy up and down year that 2018 was at the Decorah North Nest, this seems like just one more sad realization in their story. Our conclusion on their identities is based on the unique identifiers that we have been archiving since this nest cam was started in 2016. By far the most reliable identifier we have is the eagle eyes and iris patterns. Other unique identifiers that we used were beak shape, feather colors (including distinctive white feathered pantaloons for Mrs. North) and other physical characteristics.

Mrs. North was clearly a unique eagle, loving partner, doting mother and excellent provider. As Bob Anderson had wished, our three years of observation allowed additional insight into the life of "country eagles" compared to their city cousins at the Decorah fish hatchery nest. We know you will all have your own special memories of Mrs. North, and ours include her trademark twirl of the corn husk; braving through methomyl poisoning from tainted prey in the 2017 season; loss of her first egg in the 2018 season and her remarkable ability to produce a second clutch of two eggs while incubating them to hatch in over of foot of Spring snow. We?ll also remember her unique ability to use deadly talons to gently foot her eggs to roll them, as well as her penchant for cow placenta -- aka cowghetti. Her absence leaves as much of a void as the loss of 5 of their 8 offspring, but we will always remember her legacy.

Thank you for your patience while we compiled all the data to dot the "i"s and cross all the "t"s with this assessment. It's bittersweet. We are sad about this change, yet happy that Mr. North has a mate and it is promising that they will lay eggs for the coming nesting cycle. Our new female looks strong and is certainly a beautiful eagle. Our new pair is establishing their partnership with multiple copulations caught on camera, and strengthening their bond and commitment.

With the loss of the nest in August, an RRP nest rebuild, and our eagle pair adopting it and customizing it as their own, the future looks bright at the Decorah North Nest! Note that Mr North will continue to have the same name and the new female will be DNF for Decorah North Female. She will not be known as Mrs North (that name is now retired) and she will not be Mom North either. Thank you!

Follow this link for a few more details and photos:
https://www.raptorresource.org/2019/01/ ... nouncement

« Last Edit: January 20, 2019, 07:27:15 PM by Ginger52

* A couple of us begged - PLEASE NOT DNF!
Lady North would be much nicer!

Such a lovely area and lovely pair of birds
The area has a hawk and a red head woodpecker
Teeming with wildlife

Feb 18, 2019
The nest was full of heavy snow
Both of them cleared the snow
They are so sweet together!
Might an egg come soon?

EGG!
Feb 21, 2019
That looks like an egg
3.30 pm

Lady North and Mr North announce a new arrival