Decorah North’ is a very large bald eagle’s nest in a secluded valley north of Decorah. The Decorah North eagles are nesting on private property north of Decorah. Their very large nest is located in a white oak tree in a scrap of forest bordering a valley and an excellent stream is located just across a field where cattle are pastured. We don’t yet know their nesting chronology, although it appears to be somewhat later than their ‘neighbors’ in Decorah. The eagles eat live and dead fish, squirrels, other birds, rabbits, muskrats, deer, possums, and anything else they can catch or find.
A FEW FACTS ABOUT THIS NEST
*The nest is 56 feet off the ground and is located in a sturdy white oak tree!
*The original nest here was lost in 2018.
*The nest we are watching now has grown from a starter nest built by Kike Arnal and Amy Ries in September of 2018. The eagles adopted it in October of 2018 and moved in! The nest was built on a frame of 4x4s and measures 7×6 feet after the former nest collapsed after the 2018 season!!.
*It is the 4th nest built on this territory since 2009.
*ID information for the adults--property of and courtesy of RRP
A QUICK NOTE FROM RRP: The nest is located on private property and can’t be seen from the road. We are asking everyone to respect the landowner’s privacy (and cattle) and refrain from visiting the nest in person. Thank you!
NEST HISTORY
We know very little about the adults here, although they are both sexually mature bald eagles and older than five years of age.
The female on this nest was new in the fall of 2019.
We don't know too much about the nest that we watched last season as it was still fairly new. We do know that it was the fourth nest built on this territory in seven or eight years. We don’t know whether the same pair of eagles have been here all along for sure.
The first nest (DNN0) was built in a pine tree. The branches collapsed after the second nesting season and the eagles moved to a dead elm tree. They nested there for just one year before moving to their current location, in a white oak tree, in late 2013. 2020 marked their seventh season in the Decorah north Nest .
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A little history from the first year this nest had a cam--- the 2016 season --
Three pretty little eaglets for 2016--DN1-DN2-DN3
Sadly DN3 died on May 11th from a combination of lack of brooding, lack of food, and sibling aggression.
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DN1 and DN2. You can see that Mom does not look well
DN2 died on May 25th after consuming contaminated prey.
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* Mom North (not DNF) became very ill from the contaminated food as well but fortunately, she was able to recover and continue to raise the third and only eaglet to survive.
DN1 went on to fledged that first season
- DNN just 1 2016.jpg (73.01 KiB) Viewed 2438 times
2017---
All three eggs did hatch in 2017 (DNN 3, 4+5).
3 little eaglets---Dewy is the smallest
Unfortunately, the youngest died from hypothermia at only one day old. They named him Dewy
Huey and Louie survived to fledge