为什么我们不能停止看狄卡鹰
为什么我们不能停止看狄卡鹰
If you haven't been keeping up with the bald eagles in Iowa this year, it's time to catch up on nature's soap opera.
如果你今年还没有赶上爱荷华州的秃鹰队，那么是时候去看看大自然的肥皂剧了。
The new dad eagle, dubbed DM2, protects the eggs in the Decorah nest in spring. (Photo: The Raptor Resource Project/Facebook)
These nests have captured our rapt attention over the years — producing a total of 33 eaglets, with the promise of more to come. The ongoing story is fueled by webcams that share the flurry of daily activities at the Decorah and Decorah North nests — including laying eggs, hatching and caring for newborn eaglets.
这些巢多年来吸引了我们的注意力——总共产了33只小鹰，未来还会有更多。这个正在进行的故事是由网络摄像头推动的，这些摄像头分享了Decorah和Decorah North巢穴的日常活动，包括产卵、孵化和照顾新生小鹰。
Decorah eagles
名鹰
The Decorah mom eagle rejected two suitors before settling on her current mate. (Photo: The Raptor Resource Project/Facebook)
The birds: According to experts from the Raptor Resource Project, Dad is known as DM2 because he's the second Decorah male eagle for this nest. Dad, Mom’s original mate, disappeared in April of 2018. Mom had two other suitors before she accepted DM2 as her mate.
鸟类:据猛禽资源项目的专家称，爸爸被称为DM2，因为他是这个鸟巢的第二只装饰雄鹰。爸爸是妈妈最初的伴侣，于2018年4月失踪。在接受DM2作为她的伴侣之前，妈妈还有另外两个追求者。
The nest: The eagles have built three nests on their own. The first was destroyed in a storm. They left the second nest on their own, and the third also was destroyed in a storm. Members of the Raptor Resource Project started building a new nest for them out of sticks and leafy debris, hoping the eagles would finish it ... which they did. The new nest, as with the last, is close to the Decorah Trout Hatchery.
鸟巢:老鹰们自己建了三个巢。第一个在暴风雨中被摧毁了。它们离开了第二个巢穴，第三个也被暴风雨摧毁了。猛禽资源项目的成员开始用树枝和树叶碎片为它们建一个新巢，希望老鹰能完成这个任务。他们所做的新巢和最后一个一样，靠近德克拉赫鳟鱼孵化场。
Laying eggs: Egg laying takes a lot of work. Mom moves around a bit and fine-tunes the nest bowl before becoming very still and settling over the egg cup. Here she is on Feb. 22 laying the first of her three eggs this season.
产蛋:产蛋需要大量的工作。妈妈移动了一下，调整了一下巢里的碗，然后变得非常安静，在蛋杯上坐下来。这是2月22日，她在这一季下了三个蛋中的第一个。
Decorah North eagles
名北鹰
The Decorah North eagles sit on their nest. (Photo: The Raptor Resource Project)
The birds: Not much is known about these eagle parents. Members of the Raptor Resource Project think "Mr. North" may have been a father for the first time in 2016, based on the pair's egg-laying chronology, but there's no way to verify that since the birds are not banded. The current female is Decorah North Female, or DNF. She replaced Mrs. North in the summer of 2018. The group doesn't know exactly how or when it happened.
鸟类:我们对这些鹰父母知之甚少。猛禽资源项目的成员认为“诺斯先生”可能在2016年第一次当上了父亲，这是基于这对企鹅产卵的年表，但由于这些鸟没有带条纹，所以无法证实这一点。目前的女性是Decorah North female，或DNF。2018年夏天，她取代了诺斯夫人。该组织并不清楚这是如何发生的，何时发生的。
The nest: This is the fourth nest built in the area since 2009. The first nest was built in a pine tree, but the branches collapsed after the second nesting season, so the birds moved to a dead elm tree. They only nested there for a single year, before moving in 2013 to a new location.
鸟巢:这是该地区自2009年以来建造的第四处鸟巢。第一个鸟巢建在一棵松树上，但在第二个筑巢季节后，树枝倒塌了，所以鸟儿们搬到了一棵死去的榆树上。他们只在那里住了一年，然后在2013年搬到另一个地方。
Laying eggs: Mrs. North laid her first egg on Feb. 21 and her second on Feb. 25 on a very cold and windy day. Both hatched beginning on March 31, but one died shortly after hatch. The remaining eaglet abandoned the nest early following an intense blackfly swarm, according to the Raptor Resource Project. He was rescued, then cared for by SOAR until he was released in the fall of 2019.
产蛋:诺斯夫人在2月21日下了第一个蛋，2月25日，一个非常寒冷和多风的日子下了第二个蛋。它们都是在3月31日孵化的，但有一只在孵化后不久就死了。根据猛禽资源项目，在激烈的黑蝇群之后，剩下的小鹰很早就离开了巢穴。他被解救，然后由萨雅照顾，直到2019年秋天被释放。
