Raptor Resource Project Blog

Nest Roundup It's been a busy couple of days for everyone! Here is a complete RRP nest round-up: Two eaglets in Decorah. D12 hatched on...

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While we wait for eggs to hatch in Decorah, Valmont, and Fort St. Vrain, I thought I would talk a little bit about Peregrine falcons. Prior ...

We are getting a lot of questions about eggs and hatching.  It takes 35-37 days for Bald eagle eggs to hatch, 24-28 days for Canada goose e...

Things are getting busy! Here is a recap of all the action going on at our various nests. Remember, the estimates are estimates only - hatch...

Our moderators are often asked about the size and weight of the nest. The short (and very rough) answer? The nest is roughly 5 feet high by ...

We are starting to get a lot of questions about the night-time illumination of the nest, so I thought I would write a little bit about visib...

While we wait to see whether M/D Decorah will lay a third egg, I thought I would blog a bit about one of our other nests. The owls at Valmon...

It was hard not to feel sympathy and concern for Mom last night as she lay in the nest after egg #2, rapidly disappearing under a blanket of...

We have the first Decorah Eagle egg of 2012! Mom laid it last night at 7:47 CST. Here is a video of the event (by razzle): Egg Questions...

We are coming into our busy season! The Fort St. Vrain Bald Eagles laid their first egg yesterday - the same day they laid egg #1 last year....

There were a lot of comments about eagle growth rate on Facebook this morning. According to Gary R Bortolotti, bald eagles may gain more ...

 Mother eagle sheltering her young Despite today's snow, ice, and rain, the eagle family is doing fine. The parents were very carefu...

Eagles incubate for roughly 34-37 days, according to a number of online sources. Last year, the Decorah eagles laid three eggs: one on Febru...

On 3/11/11 I made my first of many big river surveys for falcons on cliffs.  My first stop was under Leo's Bluff near Waukon Junction, I...