Eagle Nest Diaries

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Whether it be an addition to a park, a buffer next to a river for water quality or an area that preserves wildlife habitat, INHF hopes its land projects will provide benefits "for those who follow."

One of INHF's projects along the Upper Iowa River reminds us that "those who follow" includes not only humans but wildlife as well. By preserving this land, INHF members also protected a bald eagle pair's nest. Since 2002, friends of INHF and this site have periodically documented the eagles (and their eaglets) through photography and commentary. The photos in the Eagle Nest Diaries web pages show the eagle parents raising eaglets in their nest. The photos were taken with a high-powered lens by Mary Ellen Leicht, and the commentary provided by a friend of INHF.

NOTE: If you should find an eagle's nest, do not approach or bother the birds. Stay at least 400 yards (four football fields) away from the nest. Otherwise, the adult eagles may abandon their nest and their eggs. If the adults are even flushed from the nest during spring's cold, wet weather, the nestlings can become quickly chilled and die. Consequently, we are not revealing the exact location of this nest.