Object Play During PFD FSV57 Goes “Surfing”
A juvenile bald eagle, FSV57, repeatedly “surfs” a piece of bark in strong winds during post-fledging dependence, offering insights into play and development.
An Unusual Late-Summer Truce at Stearns
Bald Eagles and Red-tailed Hawks can be anything but friendly neighbors. Around active nests and dependent young, encounters between the two species can include persistent harassment, chasing, and aerial attacks. That makes what we observed at our Stearns Bald Eagle territory between August 11 and August 18, 2026, particularly interesting.
Grassland Ecology and Raptors – A Science & Conservation Symposium
Join Us for a Science & Conservation Symposium examining the ecological relationships that connect prairie systems to raptors, burrowing mammals, and breeding and wintering eagles
Protecting Bald Eagles After Fledging: The Overlooked Post-Fledging Dependence (PFD) Period
Fledging isn’t the finish line—it’s the start of the most vulnerable stage in a young Bald Eagle’s life.