Raptor Resource Project
It
looks like D27 visited our banding station on Thursday! We got a call
from station master Dave Kester about an eagle that nearly came into one
of our nets. W
hile it avoided capture,
Sophia noticed it had a backpack and band! We determined it was a second
year eagle based on plumage, since a third-year eagle would have had
more salt and pepper (dark and pale feathers), and a first year eagle
(assuming it was from some other study) would have been darker. At about
the same time, Brett let us know that D27 had arrived back in Decorah!
We weren't able to track her directly to the station, since her
transmitter was in off-cycle when we saw her. But the coordinates we do
have put her right in the area. Way to go, D27!
Thanks to Sophia Landis for the photo. She digiscoped it through one of
the windows of the banding blind - not an easy feat! We hope to see D27
again.
