New eagle nests found in Lafayette County
LAFAYETTE COUNTY – Three new eagle nests were found in Lafayette County according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
The Wisconsin DNR has been collecting data on eagle and osprey nests in the area since 1973. At that time there were very few nests. The DNR credits their comeback with the national ban on the pesticide, added protections under federal and state endangered species laws, river cleanups, citizen donations and monitoring by DNR’s national heritage conservation staff and partners.
In the spring of 2019, there were 1684 eagle and 530 osprey nests. Seventy-one of the 72 counties had eagle nests and 60 of the 72 had osprey. That is an increase of 11 percent from 2018.
the eag has officially landed. or at least one of them, it looks like. mill of people have been watching this live stream of a bald eagle nest in florida, waiting for two chicks to hatch. and today it finally happened. one of the two baby eagles broke free of its shell earlier this morning. and it could be seen chirping away as an eaglelette would do. the debut has been much anticipated since the hatching process began thursday, in north ft. myers. mama eagle is known as harriet, and her mate called a lessen deering n-15. the new offspring is e-9. definitely needs a better name. the other eagle could hatch any day now. we ll be back with some of the