Thursday, June 26
A field note from Bob Anderson (director of Raptor Resource Project):
"I set off this AM and first stopped by the Decorah city mulch operation. I saw one eagle on the top of one pile. I then set off for the hatchery determined to track down the bird with the transmitter. I found her about 1 mile and two bluff tops south of the hatchery. She was on a wooded bluff top in deep woods and once again on the ground. As the signal strength was increasing it crossed my mind that if this bird does not start spending the nights safe off the ground, it could become coyote chow. I was able to toss the eagle two quail and one trout. The woods were wet and with the humidity, water seemed to be dripping from the air. I made it back to my truck and fired up the AC. Tomorrow AM I will track her down and feed her once again. It’s odd that neither of the two remaining eagles failed to return to the nest tree. This is a first for me. We do have to recall that the one bird with a broken wing was found less then two hundred feet from the base of the nest tree."
A link to an interview with Bob regarding this year's fledge: http://www.kwwl.com/story/25873288/2014/06/25/injured-decorah-eagle-prepped-for-surgery
Our thanks to Randy Haugen for the great photo, and also to Bob for the close up photo of D18.
From S.O.A.R:
~ Update on the Decorah Juvenile
From Kay Neumann, Executive Director, SOAR
How do we put this politely... Lots of poop!! "Nice black and white poops! So that means everything we are putting in is helping to build back his strength. Still tubing in high calorie fluids and hand feeding. It might be awhile yet before he wants to eat on his own."
Additional note from R.R.P: If Kay only knew how much the fans look forward to those Poop Shoots, she'd know we are enjoying this new sign of "getting stronger!"
A field note from Bob Anderson (director of Raptor Resource Project):
"I set off this AM and first stopped by the Decorah city mulch operation. I saw one eagle on the top of one pile. I then set off for the hatchery determined to track down the bird with the transmitter. I found her about 1 mile and two bluff tops south of the hatchery. She was on a wooded bluff top in deep woods and once again on the ground. As the signal strength was increasing it crossed my mind that if this bird does not start spending the nights safe off the ground, it could become coyote chow. I was able to toss the eagle two quail and one trout. The woods were wet and with the humidity, water seemed to be dripping from the air. I made it back to my truck and fired up the AC. Tomorrow AM I will track her down and feed her once again. It’s odd that neither of the two remaining eagles failed to return to the nest tree. This is a first for me. We do have to recall that the one bird with a broken wing was found less then two hundred feet from the base of the nest tree."
A link to an interview with Bob regarding this year's fledge: http://www.kwwl.com/story/25873288/2014/06/25/injured-decorah-eagle-prepped-for-surgery
Our thanks to Randy Haugen for the great photo, and also to Bob for the close up photo of D18.
From S.O.A.R:
~ Update on the Decorah Juvenile
From Kay Neumann, Executive Director, SOAR
How do we put this politely... Lots of poop!! "Nice black and white poops! So that means everything we are putting in is helping to build back his strength. Still tubing in high calorie fluids and hand feeding. It might be awhile yet before he wants to eat on his own."
Additional note from R.R.P: If Kay only knew how much the fans look forward to those Poop Shoots, she'd know we are enjoying this new sign of "getting stronger!"