Raptor Resource Project Blog

Kike collected prey remains from the Decorah North nest when we were working on cameras in the fall of 2017. Since my family was tired of an...

Imagine a world where there were no bald eagles or peregrine falcons. By the late 1960's, rampant use of the pesticide DDT, habitat loss...

We're getting a lot of questions about the situation in Decorah. What happened to Dad? Will Mom abandon the eaglets? Did the unknown mal...

It is April 13 as I write this, and our eaglets are growing rapidly! In Decorah, D29 is twelve days old, D30 is eleven days old, and D31 is ...

This blog was inspired by RRP Director John Howe, who was reviewing footage of Mom and Dad feeding eaglets and was delighted by the dexteri...

We asked our panel of eagle experts about the broken egg at the Decorah North nest. Could egg viability be determined from the video? Did th...

We've been getting questions about egg timing. Why did Mom and Dad lay eggs later this year? Overall, avian egg-timing in the temperate...

We've talked about how long it takes bald eagle eggs to hatch after they are laid (an average of 38 days from first egg to first hatch i...

When we think about feathers, we tend to think about their qualities (light, soft, fluffy, hard, flat, and horny are all included in diction...

Cowghetti...yum! It's time for a look back at 2017! We asked the Decorah North Mods for some favorite moments from Decorah North....