Thanks to the Raptor Resource Project/RRP for bringing us this extraordinary look into the life of bald eagles. There is a lot more information about the Decorah eagles on their website here. All Raptor Resource Project cams are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License; in non-technical terms, this means people may post images or video taken from the cameras as long as credit is given to RRP and a link is provided to their website.
This Nest is in the Central Time Zone
Link to the Cam -- https://www.raptorresource.org/birdcams/decorah-eagles/
As I write this in early October 2022, I'm not at all sure what we'll be watching this year. Last year the eagles who had been nesting here (Mom Decorah and DM2) moved to a new nest out of sight of the cams, a pair of geese successfully fledged 4 goslings from their old nest, and a new young pair of eagles showed an interest in a "starter nest" that had been built nearer the Hatchery (I think close to Mom Decorah's original nest). To keep the design of the thread as flexible as possible, I'm going to reserve more than the usual number of posts at the beginning of the thread, in case we want timelines for more than one nest - or to simplify things if we decide to split this into two threads. ~JudyB
Update - October 8: It looks as if the cams will be focusing on the Hatchery pair - HM (Hatchery Mom) and HD (Hatchery Dad)
Key Dates for the 2022-2023 Season:
- cams on: October 8 at noon CST
- adults return: Not Sure
- eggs laid:Egg #1
March 1
HM laid her second egg this afternoon at 4:38 PM. Is she a two-egg layer or a three-egg layer? We'll find out about four days from now. Based on what we know, we're looking for hatch on about April 5th...although hatch is a process and pip will begin a couple of days earlier. Congratulations to the happy eagle couple!
M laid egg #2 2/28/23 at 4:38 PM CT - hatched: April 5 DH1
- sad news:DH1 died during the night :cry
DH2 - fledged: DH2 June 30
- last seen:
Links:
Link to the thread for 2020, 2021 and 2022 -- viewtopic.php?f=44&t=514
Alternate Link via Explore.org -- https://explore.org/livecams/bald-eagles/decorah-eagles
RRP blog -- http://raptorresource.blogspot.com/
RRP Facebook page -- https://www.facebook.com/pages/Raptor-R ... 6266324668
Weather Report -- https://www.theweathernetwork.com/us/we ... wa/decorah