Decorah Eagles

[Norse]

They're back, and mom and dad again have 3 eggs: http://www.decoraheaglecamalerts.com/. Here is a tribute video for last year’s brood: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBwJR...eature=related. If you visit the raptor center site, you can also follow the travels of one of the eaglets, named D1 (she was the 2nd egg to hatch), from last year as they put a transmitter on her.

[PamNY]

I love watching Decorah. In other eagle cam news, there will also be a cam back on the Hornby eagles soon. It's not in the nest tree, so will lack a closeup view but should give a nice view of area around the nest.

There's also the NYU hawk nest in NYC:

http://www.livestream.com/nytnestcam

[Norse]

It is Iowa! I started my undergrad at Luther College in Decorah.

[Norse]

I must have missed the clocks back in my crazy college days, but I did take in the Vesterheim (Norwegian-American museum) a few times http://vesterheim.org/index.php. I don't think I've been back to Decorah since (dating myself now) sometime in the late 80's. I should really take a bike trip down to So. MN/No. IA sometime - lots of neat trails along meandering rivers.

[Atlas]

Cool. I'm from up around Decorah and it's arguably my favorite place on the planet. It's nice to see it in the news a bit for something nice like this. I just went to the Bily Clocks Museum for the first time this last fall. I can't believe I have driven by it so many times but it took a bike tour for me to slow down and go see it. It was very quirky and interesting.

[zoom-zoom]

It is Iowa! I started my undergrad at Luther College in Decorah.

I sang in the big choir at Luther for the Dorian Festival when I was in HS...I think I was 16 or 17.

[Norse]

Just an update on the eagles - hatching is expected any time now through the weekend.

[Deborajen]

My husband grew up in Calmar and my mother-in-law still lives there. Decorah has a nice bike path. We rode on it a year ago. I've heard they're putting in a bridge on a new section up on the bluff. There's also a nice path that goes from Calmar to Cresco - all paved. Then there's the Root River Trail not too far north in Minnesota.--

And love watching the eagle cam, too! We watched it last year and are watching it again.

[Norse]

It is indeed a small, small world.

Eagle update: first pip, yeah! It was noticed just this afternoon.

[Norse]

Baby's coming out! First baby's coming out! http://www.decoraheaglecamalerts.com/. I just saw it moments ago!! And here's youtube from a little earlier today showing egg w/cracks encircling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f82f2...ature=youtu.be.

How can I work at a time like this?

[Norse]

The Raptor center confirmed that this was indeed the first hatch, about an hour ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIPa5...ature=youtu.be.

[badger]

much to my surprise, I saw a flopping fish on the nest, and next thing I knew, mom got up and voila, two babies!! it was exciting to see them!

[Norse]

The third eaglet hatched Friday so all three little fluffballs are out now. The first-hatched eaglet, called D12, is a real little stinker - always trying to get out from under mom.

[PamNY]

Not at eagle, but the hawk nest at New York University has a pip:

http://www.livestream.com/nytnestcam

[Norse]

The Decorah Eagles are famous. Here’s an article in Forbes (intro gets a few things wrong but otherwise good interviews): http://www.forbes.com/sites/allenstj...cant-be-wrong/.