Decorah eaglets are doing better

Photo courtesy of Glenn MIller (Click on photo for larger image)

The latest report from the Raptor Resource Project is that the three fledged eagles are doing better this week.

All three young eaglets went missing for three days after they made their maiden flight from the nest tree.  Raptor Resource Project Director Bob Anderson then received a call from the police that a eaglet was on Trout Run Road.  He captured it, took it to his home, fed it and then released it--with a satellite transmitter attached.  This bird has since twice been trapped in standing corn and if not tracked down and removed would have perished. 

A second young eaglet was observed two days later at the Decorah compost site on Trout Run Road a little over a mile from the nest tree.  Sunday morning it was found in tall grass adjacent to a woven wire fence.  It was apparent that the eagle spent lots of energy trying to get through the fence and when found it was laying down sound asleep.  Anderson brought the eagle with the transmitter to the city compost site and released it in direct sight of its nest mate.  Says Anderson, "It is so very pleasing to watch the adult eagles bring food to their young 1.2 miles away from the nest tree."

The third young eaglet was found last week in a creek with a broken wing.  The bird was captured and taken to SOAR (Save Our Avian Resources), where it had surgery on Saturday.  SOAR's Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/SOAR-Saving-Our-Avian-Resources/422229164528389) has been providing updates on the status of D20.