The Decorah North Bald Eagle nest collapsed. It was raining at the time and it is presumed that the nest was too heavy for the support to hold it.
D17 was on a branch and flew to an adjoining tree while D18 was on the edge of the nest when it fell. Both appear to fly but D18 is on the ground but its condition is unknown. Hopefully someone will go out and rescue this little one as it is difficult to fly up, there are predators on the ground, and it could be injured. Please don’t wait – we all recall Meadow.
Thank you to the Raptor Resource Centre and Explore.org and to ‘PB’ for alerting me to this tragedy.
I went to the UK as a Commonwealth Scholar in 1990 and received my PhD from the University of Leicester in 1993. After three decades of university teaching, I retired to devote my time to the study of raptor behaviour. I am particularly interested in Ospreys and am working on a long term project on third hatch survival and siblicide in these raptors. My blog is a result of a fascination with my local wildlife and the desire to encourage others to love and care for birds! I live on the Canadian Prairies and prior to the pandemic travelled a lot. I am questioning the use of aviation fuel at the moment as we all strive to help our planet. My early research was in politics and art including British public statues exported to Southeast Asia and Vietnam Resistors that contributed much to Canadian ceramics. Books and articles were published on those subjects over a period of 3 decades. Now I am working on books for children so they can learn about the challenges our raptors face.
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My heart sank when I saw that…. and yes, fresh memory of Meadow… We need boots on the ground right away..Cam needs to keep an eye on this one for location purposes and check to see if Mom & Dad see it/ feed it..Prayers
Oh no how much more bad news can we take this season 😢 Praying the eaglet is rescued sooner rather than later 🙏
My heart sank when I saw that…. and yes, fresh memory of Meadow… We need boots on the ground right away..Cam needs to keep an eye on this one for location purposes and check to see if Mom & Dad see it/ feed it..Prayers
I am ver sad 😢😢Mom came back to the nest and she knows but all of them are separated I hope they can survive and learn to hunt 🙏
It is good to see that the family is together. It is a great set of parents at Decorah. I think these two fledglings will survive fine.
It was very frightening and I instantly thought of Meadow. I am so glad that the family is currently safe. Thank you so much for your letter, Jan.