To study and protect the American Bald Eagle, the Raptor Resource Project works with scientists to track them.
The world-wide famous eagle fledglings of Decorah, Iowa receive catered meals from mom and dad who dip into he nearby fish hatchery all day along.
The majestic and cuddly Decorah eaglets are getting ready to fly.
Good discussion about this fledgling at Explore.org.
Black flies continue their assault on the Decorah eaglets.
In my video, black flies begin their assault on the Decorah eaglets.
The eaglets at Decorah and Decorah North are all past the halfway point in nest life.
Watch the Decorah eaglets live on YouTube.
Bald eagles usually fledge between 75 and 80 days of age, so DN12 is just about halfway through life in the nest!
Sometimes eagles eat so much they can't fly!
How do you feed eagle babies who can take advantage of smaller siblings? Watch an experienced mother.
With the Decorah eagle babies, it is the survival of the fittest.
All 5 Decorah eaglets have hatched--3 at the Decorah nest by the fish hatchery and 2 at the Decorah North nest.
Experience one of the first Decorah eaglet feedings of 2020.
The Janesville Fife and Drum Corps was formed in 1975 for the city's bicentennial celebration.
Be sure to see last scene of this video where the eagle seems desperate for its mate to return.
The Decorah eagle eggs will be hatching soon (late March to early April). This nest has three eggs and is taking a squirming delivery from the nearby fish hatchery.
John believes Stan Milam saved this year's Washington Seminar by developing a virtual field study experience.
As you will see in this video, the Decorah Eagles nod off to sleep like we do. But do they dream?
The Raptor Resource Project says the Decorah eagles have two barbs on their tongues to lift and pull food to the back of their long mouths.
The Decorah eagles have started laying eggs now which must be rolled over every one to two hours to insure blood vessel development.
Expect Decorah eagle eggs any day now as Mom and Dad finishing fussing with the nest.
The Decorah eagles are warmer than you think.
Here's a steamboat music video that I created years ago that virtually no one has seen until now.
Girl Scout cookies soon will be on sale. This week, The Gazette is running more Girl Scout photos from the archives.
If all goes well, Decorah eagle egg are just several weeks away.
The Raptor Resource Project says the Decorah eagles usually lay eggs in mid-February--just 10 to 15 days after successful mating. Hatch is usually in late March to early April.
People have been complaining about parking in Janesville's downtown since the automobile was invented.
Sub-adult eagles are dropping in on the Decorah nests, noodling with the architecture.
Girl Scout cookie sales start in early February. In honor of the Scouts and their annual sale, we're featuring Scouting photos from the early 1970s.
The Decorah eagles are spending their time mating and chasing away creatures invading their territory.
In 1970, Cedar Crest resident Al Heon organized a kazoo band.
Tufted Titmice seem shy at the winter birdfeeder, but when they nest, hang on to your hairdo.
It wasn't exactly a traditional Klondike Derby, but the Boy Scouts of the Sinnissippi Council made it work anyway.
With Paul Ryan joining the effort to help redraw voting districts, John believes this gerrymandering thwarts the will of the people.
Gazette photographers found Janesville Fire Department personnel testing a repair on one of their engines in 1971.
The Janesville Moose Lodge has been torn down, but the polka fests there are not forgotten.
It was a storm that dumped plenty of snow on Janesville, but when did it happen?
Indians lived along the Rock River since the Middle Ages in Europe.
John and his wife enjoyed “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” though John cautions it's not necessarily a movie for kids.
This week's Then and Now features a photo from the grand opening of the Monterey Bridge over the Rock River. Thousands of people turned out to witness the event.
The Russian Spacecraft Soyuz transports international astronauts to the Space Station.
For many years, a group of local residents made downhill skiing a reality in Rock County.
As we watched the two Decorah eagle nests this year, only three eaglets survived...just barely after forced from their nests prematurely by blankets of biting black flies.
In 1935, Janesville celebrated its centennial with four days of activities.
See Decorah eagles released to Mother Nature after forced from their nests prematurely by swarms of biting black flies
"How beautiful leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days!" -- John Burroughs
A photographer caught the smoke and steam rising off what then was called the Rock River Generating Plant
The Skatin' Place opened in 1976, just in time for the Bay City Rollers and Rick Dees' hit "Disco Duck."
Glen Loyd helped consumers as the Action man at WLUK-TV in Green Bay.
