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[Viper52]

This is so sad.

http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/34069/young+bald+eagle+from+famous+iowa+nest+is+found+electrocuted/

[Skittelroo]

So sad.    Thank you for the post, Viper.   I've missed watching them every day. 

"D12 was the first to die of the 14 famous eagles who have nested in Decorah. The bird won’t be buried.

“The carcass needs to be turned over to the Fish & Wildlife Service, sent to the National Eagle Repository,” Anderson said, and its “feathers distributed to the Indian community.

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service established the National Eagle Repository in Denver, Colo., in the early 1970s to provide the feathers of  golden and bald eagles for Native American religious services."
from:  http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2012/07/03/electrocuted-decorah-eagles-feathers-to-be-used-in-native-american-religious-services/

[ShorTea]

sad. i miss them too. I hope others are getting used to being on their own.

[BigRedDog]

Nature and the "survival of the fittest" is really something to behold...

not always kind or pretty but in the long run it seems to work!

and here's a story to kind of "offset" the sadness...

http://cdn.localwireless.com/wap/news/text.jsp?sid=6&nid=2617733080&cid=19338&scid=-1

[ShorTea]

Thanks for posting that BRD!!! Such a good story.

[Skittelroo]

Thanks for the post, BRD.   Nice to see a survival story!

[Monique]

Very sad to hear about D12. Glad the power company is responding and helping to protect the other fledglings.

Really cool to learn that his feathers will go to Native American tribes. That's awesome.