Raptor Resource Project

06/29/2025

TE3 branched this morning! https://youtu.be/cqgMhicW_Yo?si=wo7H0DrgMMDpwwmh

The eaglet turned 79 days old today.

Courtesy of: Raptor Resource Project: https://www.raptorresource.org/trempealeau-eagles/ and explore.org https://explore.org/livecams/raptor-resource-project...

06/19/2025

We had a wonderful time banding falcons in Cedar Rapids and it was great to share it with such dedicated and enthusiastic raptor fans!

06/19/2025

Intern Testimony Thursday!

Our interns write a reflection to complete their fall banding internship, and we'd like to spotlight some of our favorite quotes from their writing!

06/15/2025

Happy Father's Day, everyone! The website is back up and I apologize for the inconvenience today. We've been out in the field banding nestling falcons - which I need to share more photos of! - so I haven't been posting as much as I usually do, and maintenance has been off the table. I guess I rolled snake eyes this year: this is the first time I remember everything failing in sync with my out of office! Again, I apologize and I swear I haven't been ignoring anyone. It's just that when we're on cliffs, my priority is the safety of our team and the birds.

Since it's Father's Day, I have to congratulate all of the fantastic fathers out there. Falcons and eagles are amazing Dads and we love them so much! To you Dads: feathery, fleshy, finned, or furry, with us today or in the wild blue yonder (I love you, Dad), happy Father's Day and thank you for everything you do.

06/06/2025

Yesterday was a big day for our team! Between Amy & John at Northern sites and Dave & Janet at Southern sites, we covered 5 sites on Wednesday. In total, we banded 10 healthy falcons!

Pictured are some of the falcons Dave & Janet banded. We were joined by 4 employees of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Yellow River State Forest unit and an employee of Viserion Grain. It's always a joy to share our knowledge and love of Peregrine Falcons with others!

05/29/2025

Intern Testimony Thursday!

Our interns write a reflection to complete their fall banding internship, and we'd like to spotlight some of our favorite quotes from their writing!

05/24/2025

What a great morning at Homer Bluff! John, Amy, Dave, and Janet were joined by the family who owns the property. They helped us band 4 healthy Peregrine chicks - 3 males and 1 female!

05/24/2025

Banding falcons at Bellevue State Park in Bellevue, Iowa! We banded two lovely little seventeen-to-eighteen day-old falcons with park manager Elli Lineberg and Patrick McNaughton from the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation. This site hasn't been productive since 2016 and we were thrilled to see it come back online again!

The falcons looked great and had no ectoparasites. After we were done, we parked below the bluff until we spotted Mom perched nearby. Both adults were unbanded.

05/23/2025

Take a look through our scope!

Scouting our Peregrine Falcon nesting spots is an important part of planning out our spring banding season. We look for the presence of adults, whether they're banded or not, evidence of chicks, and indication of how old the chicks might be. From our scope work we were able to see the mom feeding her young in the second picture has been banded by us in the past!