Decorah Eagles

[Norse]

The first hatched eaglet, called D12, started branching this weekend and now does it all the time. Seems to be teasing his two sibs still sitting in the nest thinking about it.

[Norse]

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. The morning after they shut off the Decorah cam, the first-hatched eagle, D12, was found dead, electrocuted at the bottom of a power pole not far from the nest. http://www.kwwl.com/story/18947503/v...gle-d12s-death.

Although this is tragic, if there’s any good to come out of this, it’s that D12’s death will save many other raptors and feathered friends from the same fate Many poles have already been fixed as a result. There is also this online petition to make Avian Protection Plans (http://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/Cu...%2019%2005.pdf) mandatory for utility companies (right now, they are just “guidelines”):
http://www.change.org/petitions/us-f...plan-mandatory. I hope everyone will consider signing it and passing it on to others. Thanks.