by Merrill Creek Reservoir | Jan 11, 2024 | Animals, Blog, Eagles, Fish, Habitat, Images, Insects, Merrill Creek Reservoir, Migration, Plants, Uncategorized
Weather Information for MCR now on the MCR Website As many people who visit Merrill Creek Reservoir know, weather conditions can change pretty quickly here on top of the mountain, especially if you are operating watercraft on the reservoir. What may appear to be calm...
by Merrill Creek Reservoir | Aug 29, 2023 | Eagles, Merrill Creek Reservoir
Eagle Scout is the highest achievement or rank attainable in the Scouts BSA program of the Boy Scouts of America. Since its inception in 1911, only four percent of Scouts have earned this rank after a lengthy review process. Last week Scout Zack Hardin of Troop 56...
by Merrill Creek Reservoir | Aug 10, 2023 | Animals, Eagles, Merrill Creek Reservoir
Two juvenile Bald Eagles have finally fledged their nests at MCR! Both young eagles appear healthy and can be seen flying over the reservoir foraging or soaring on the winds with their parents! The two juveniles came from separate nests at MCR, however they have...
by Merrill Creek Reservoir | Jul 14, 2023 | Animals, Eagles, Merrill Creek Reservoir
MCR Eagle update: Our two pairs of nesting Eagles are still seen regularly bringing fish and snakes into both nests to feed young. Both nests hatched young very late this year and typically the young would have fledged by now, but they haven’t. It has been very...
by Merrill Creek Reservoir | Jul 12, 2023 | Animals, Eagles
Amazing video was captured by a fisherman at MCR, Mr. Jacob Stem, of one of our resident eagles catching and ‘landing’ a very big fish! Since Jacob Stem’s post of the MCR eagle, his video got over 35.2 million views! We currently are monitoring 2 nests at MCR...
by Merrill Creek Reservoir | May 14, 2019 | Animals, Blog, Eagles, Images, Merrill Creek Reservoir
Michael Rucci photographed an immature bald eagle at the Octoraro Reservoir in Chester County, PA. After seeing that his subject had a green band on one of his feet, he emailed his photograph to the NJDEP Fish and Wildlife biologist who looked up the band number,...
