Here you are: 20 years to retirement. That’s close enough to have it become something you’re looking forward to, but still far away enough to make planning possible. Planning for retirement is important because there are a…
On Monday, June 15, we announced the winning names of the 2020 Falcon Naming Contest, our annual event that allows people from across the country to submit and vote on names for the falcon hatchlings each spring….
If the recipients of this year’s top three WoodmenLife Focus Forward Scholarships® are any indication, the future is in good hands. The top three recipients, chosen for their volunteerism, patriotism and academics, all plan to make the…
As our peregrine falcon hatchlings get closer to the day they leave the nest this month, we ensure they have names before they start their separate lives. We’ve narrowed down the list of names to the top…
You’re in college, or you’ve recently graduated college, and you’ve also seen the numbers. Naturally, you’re concerned about your ability to pay off your student loans.
According to a recent Forbes.com article1, which used statistics from the Institute…
The banding of our peregrine falcon hatchlings has been a spring tradition for decades. This year, things were a bit different. With the help of Fontenelle Forest Raptor Recovery we were still able to get the eyasses…
Last week all four of our peregrine falcon eggs hatched. So what’s next? If you had a chance to look at the falcon cam, you’d probably see the mother is still sitting on top of the eyasses…
We’re happy to announce three of the four peregrine falcon eyasses (baby falcons) have hatched atop the WoodmenLife Tower. After the first baby emerges, the others will usually follow within 24-36 hours, so we’re waiting on welcoming…
We’re almost a month into our egg watch! We’ll hopefully be seeing our first eyass (baby falcon) within the next couple of weeks. Although we’ve gotten some snow, don’t worry. Peregrine falcons are very capable of incubating…
It’s now full blown falcon season! Our mama falcon has laid her fourth and is likely done for this year. When a female falcon is done laying eggs, she sits on them nearly the entire time. That…
