Raptor Resource Project Blog

Mom with eggs on February 26, 2014 Everyone is worried about the eggs in Decorah. Iowa is facing extremely cold temperatures in the week...

Valentine's Day is here and we're all awaiting the first egg in Decorah. Given that the day is a celebration of things romantic, we ...

Do bald eagles mate in mid-air? Do bald eagles mate through their feet? We’ve been asked those questions on facebook, via email, and at Ustr...

April 20th, 2011: Spring Snowstorm Facebook fan Dianne Wisse asked the following question about the Decorah Eagles: " With the extr...

-13F in Decorah at 1:54pm on January 6, 2014. Yikes! We are getting a lot of questions about Mom, Dad, and cold weather. I've writte...

Dad makes a scrape in the snow Many animals and birds react to daylight length. This phenomenon, known as photoperiodism , allows their ...

Volunteer Ron Andrews with lead-poisoned bald eagle On the evening of December 9, 2013, Bob Anderson of the Raptor Resource Project rece...

We turned on the Decorah eagle cam this morning and questions are rolling in! Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions so f...

Eaglecrest facilitator mochamamma has captured several videos of young red-tailed hawks squabbling, chasing, and stealing food from one anot...

Eaglecrest's nesting golden eagles normally appear only at a distance. But on August 31, an immature eagle decided to show up in cam...

We talk about weather quite a bit. From wind in the tree to ice and snow on an eagle's back, we watch birds face difficult weather condi...

The American kestrel prefers open areas with short ground vegetation such as grasslands, meadows, fields, and parks. In urbanized areas, th...

By now most of you are aware that all four young falcons jumped from the nest box at Great Spirit Bluff on June 17th. They were approximate...

Bugs. Check the video at  http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/34496685/highlight/371827 Bob made a decision today to intervene in the situati...

On May 22, 2013, the falcon eggs at Xcel Energy's Blackdog nest box began hatching. Immature female 16/U laid four eggs and hatched thre...

You've found a baby bird. Does it need help? What should you do? The Ustream Decorah Eagle mods made me aware of a flowchart to help ans...

While creating owl highlights this morning for our Eaglecrest site, I came across some very close-up footage of a fledgling owl's f...

The herons return. Thanks to Nora for the cap Two years ago today, Raptor Resource Project Board President Rob MacIntyre suffered cardi...