Raptor Resource Project Blog

Recently we have been asked by the USFWS to install some falcon nest boxes on cliffs in pool 13 upstream of Clinton, IA. We have not studied...

Sunday 4/18/10 falcon survey on Mississippi River I set off early Sunday morning and made my directly to the Agri-Bunge stack house in M...

Greetings, I had received a report of a falcons stooping on a Red-tail hawk near Goose Island cliff south of La Crosse, WI. On Saturday I ga...

Some of the birds we watched have really struggled this spring. They face many challenges, including weather (the snowstorm at the Fort St....

As our readers know, the falcon Bella died of Frounce earlier this week. Bob and I were scheduled to go up to Cohasset to band, but he stopp...

Here are some random banding pictures - enjoy! Bob and Jeremy on Maiden Rock. It's nice to get a good ledge! This was Bob's 100th ra...

Any excuse to go to Duluth is good, but peregrine banding is my favorite! This year, Elizabeth, Rebekah, and Isaac joined Bob, Jeremy, and m...

You know you've been to a lot of falcon bandings when everyone ignores the banders to take pictures of the rattlesnake sunning itself ju...

April 2nd and 3rd River Survey I began this river survey starting at the small cliff on the confluence of the Root River and the Mississippi...

The Blue Meany, Migrating Raptors and the Falcon Effigies of the Mississippi River For the better part of five decades, the Peregrine falcon...

March 21st 2009 Mississippi River cliff survey for peregrine falcons I arrived at Leo’s Bluff at 9:00 AM and met with Pat Schlarbaum and two...

First Mississippi River falcon survey on 3/13/09 Report by Bob Anderson I met Dave Kester and Leo, his son just outside of Waukon Junction, ...

Banding Prairie Island - by Guest Blogger Frank Sperlak On Wednesday 6/11/08, plant employees Mark Kenall and Frank Sperlak made the climb t...

Bandings at Maasen's Bluff and Castle Rock by Guest Blogger Dot K. As I drove to Maassens’ Bluff, the weather radio in the car was annou...

How many ways are there to say rain? After Saturday's torrent at Castle Rock, we retired to Joan's beautiful place in Fountain City....

Man, did it rain this weekend! We started the weekend banding on Friday, at the US Bank Building in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Now, I've ridde...

Mississippi River Peregrine Falcons: Great News for Cliff Nesting Falcons Tuesdays must be the lucky day to find falcons on the river clif...

First Mississippi River falcon survey for 2008 On Sunday March 16th, I set off on my first river falcon survey for the season. I began my s...