Two Decorah boys will be honored for finding bald eagle D32

Two young Decorah residents will be recognized by the Raptor Resource Project for spotting the missing Decorah eaglet known as D32.  13-year-old William Hahn and 12-year-old Andrew Olson were the first to see D32 after it fell from the eagle's nest near the Decorah Fish Hatchery.

The boys will be invited as special guests at the RRP annual eagle celebration event, "After the Fledge," which starts Thursday and runs through Sunday.  Said RRP Director John Howe, "We are planning something special in Decorah to thank the boys personally."

The eaglet, which left the nest tree prematurely, hadn't been spotted until Friday when the two boys saw it tucked in along Trout Run Creek just downstream from the eagles' nest. An Iowa State student, Garin Minser, helped William and Andrew get D32 to the fish hatchery, where DNR biologist Brian Malaise took it to RRP Vice-President and veterinarian Dr. Laura Johnson for immediate assessment and treatment. D32 was found to be underweight, hypothermic, showing signs of anemia, and had many black fly bites. D32 was sent to Saving Our Avian Resources (SOAR) where two other 2019 Decorah eaglets, D33 and DN9, are being cared for

Updates about all of the eagles can be found on SOAR's webpage at www.soarraptors.org, the Raptor Resource Project's webpage at www.raptorresource.org, or on Facebook.