Odd's N' Ends from the web cams

From the Raptor Resource web cams in Decorah Iowa, there is a bald eagle nest that is on the verge of hatching. Two eggs were laid mid-February and will hatch by the end of the month.

The bald eagle nest in Decorah can be watched here

The other two Decorah eagle nests appear to be taken over by Canada Geese. This started a couple of years ago when a Goose pair used an eagle nest to hatch a brood of goslings who, at 24 hours old, had to jump 70 feet down to begin their life on the ground.

The Geese are back on the nest that has been used to fledge goslings the past two years. Wonder if this is the same pair? Here is the web cam link

And this year another pair of geese decided to take over another unused eagle’s nest in the region.

This pair already has three eggs laid and can be followed at this link

Heading further west, the Sandhill Crane web cam has been showing the cranes battling the unsettled weather coming out of the Rockies. Although there is no snow, there has been plenty of wind that the cranes have had to contend with. You can watch this at the Audubon web cam.

If you are interested in reading more about geese nesting high in trees, check out my post from last year……