A second Decorah eaglet fledgling has been fitted with a satellite tracking transmitter.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sub-adult eagles are dropping in on the Decorah nests, noodling with the architecture.
The Decorah eagles are spending their time mating and chasing away creatures invading their territory.
Tufted Titmice seem shy at the winter birdfeeder, but when they nest, hang on to your hairdo.
The Janesville Moose Lodge has been torn down, but the polka fests there are not forgotten.
Indians lived along the Rock River since the Middle Ages in Europe.
The Russian Spacecraft Soyuz transports international astronauts to the Space Station.
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.
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
Glen Loyd helped consumers as the Action man at WLUK-TV in Green Bay.
The little kids lining Mineral Point Avenue in Janesville for the Parker High School Homecoming Parade could hardly wait for the big kids to start throwing them candy.
Glen is celebrating 10 years of making videos for the Janesville Gazette.
I shot this video in the University of Wisconsin Arboretum which is a half block from my home in Madison.
Ancient folklore in Germany had white storks protecting babies and escorting them to us.
Purple Martins along the Rock River share are common a denominator with the Decorah eagles we have been watching. They are good parents.
The Decorah eaglets, prematurely forced from their nests by biting black flies, are being cared for by SOAR which is planning a soft release when the birds are ready.
Don't give up on the Decorah eaglets...two are flying...the third is mending. See them fly!
Those spires. Those ledges. Those bluffs. Behemoths of weight and mass, rising from the high desert floor with quiet heft and bulk.
My mission was to get video of WW II airplanes and veterans at the Janesville Warbird Weekend the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport.
Nels Akerlund, a Rockford photographer with an international clientele, just made a new video about the Rock River Trail.
Janesville is polishing up the jewel running through it--the Rock River.
I've been the bearer of a lot of bad bird news lately...so here is a swan family that will make you feel good.
For the latest information on the Decorah eaglets and the surviving falcon from Great Spirit Bluff along the Mississippi River, go to their Facebook page.
Veterinarians called as black flies appear to have forced this year's Decorah eaglets off the nests prematurely.
Killing animals is a necessary evil for natural history. A lot of research relies on the collection of wild specimens. Curbing the practice could hamper science.
