Transmitted Eagles, Where Are They?

 

Hello eaglets...thank you so much for phoning home! D35, D36, and D27 all sent airmails this week. D27 shifted a little northwest of Decorah, passing within a mile of Bob's old falcon breeding facility in Bluffton! She's currently about eleven miles north of the nest - the furthest she's been since arriving back in town.

D35 continues to explore east central Minnesota. I checked out her coordinates and was fascinated by the area she's currently staying in. Her forested bed and breakfast is on a beautiful, large parcel of land owned by Northrop Grumman. It contains several lakes - this is a large parcel of land! - and is nearly contiguous with the Rum River, which connects Minnesota's Mille Lacs Lake with the Mississippi River. The unseasonably cold weather is sealing lakes over with ice a little early up here in Minnesnowta, but I'm hoping she'll stay in the area long enough for us to go looking for her one more time!

Homebody D36 remains close to Decorah. Brett writes: "D36 has remained in the area between Postville and West Union, IA, for much of October focusing on the Turkey R. and, lately, Otter Creek.

His solar-powered transmitter has been working very well, despite the shorter days."

Who traveled the most in October?

- D27 traveled about 128 miles, although she never got over about ten miles away from her natal nests. Her short flights really added up!

- D35 traveled about 244 miles. She two long flights, three medium flights, and a whole bunch of short flights. She's a young eagle off her natal territory who doesn't tend to spend very much time sitting still.

- D36 traveled about 216 miles! He didn't have any long flights but, like D35, moved around a lot. Although we were hopeful that he and D27 might run into one another, they didn't that we know. We'll see what happens if D35 comes back to town.

Thanks again for checking in, everybody...fly high and stay fierce! A thousand thousand thanks to Brett Mandernack and the staff of Eagle Valley. We wouldn't be able to follow the eaglets without their hard work, knowledge, and expertise! If you'd like to explore the travels of any of the eaglets we've tracked, please go to https://www.raptorresource.org/learning-tools/eagle-map/.