I just remembered one of things I learned about Iowa last year prior to RAGBRAI 2011…Iowa has Bald Eagles. Actually that’s not really it…Iowa has Bald Eagle media stars: The Decorah Eagles.
Of course as soon as I remember I surfed over to their website at http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles to see what was up. Sure enough they’ve been busy again and are starting a new brood (is that what to call it?).
They’ve laid three eggs this year (as of 2/24) and currently are keeping them warm in the almost (at this moment) freezing weather. Right now it’s 32.8F in Decorah, probably colder up in a tree.
I guess I’ll be following along this year again – watching the eaglets fledge last year was fascinating. I may not mention it much here again, but it’s certainly something worth watching.
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