Photo: Raptor Resource Project
(Decorah, IA) -- Iowa's famous Decorah Eagles are getting ready for the next generation. The non-profit Raptor Resource Project says this is the time of year when eagles are mating and starting to shore up nests or build new nests near the trout hatchery. Egg laying is expected in mid-to-late February. Hatching begins in late March to early April. The eaglets fledge in mid-to-late June. Wildlife experts say the eagles dine on live and dead fish, squirrels, other birds, rabbit, muskrat, deer, and possum.
The eagle cams, started a couple of decades ago, have continually attracted viewers from around the globe.
From Raptor Resource Project:
The eagles' Biological clock functions control a bird’s daily and seasonal patterns, including reproduction, song, migration, feeding, nesting, and dispersal. Their lives are regulated by a chorus of clocks that entrain their internal physiology and behavior to external cues like daylight length and intensity.