Photos of Male and Female Red-Tail Hawk May 23, 2009

Male bring in the food

Female sitting on the elevator shaft at the construction site

Baby Red-Tail Hawk Practice Flapping its wings May 23 2009

A fantastic day at the nest today. My friend from Innifil was down and just shortly after we arrived we heard the male red- tail arrive at the nest. The female had been feeding the eyas just prior to his arrival. The male flew into the nest and then gave us a great show soaring around and around for a good 10 minutes. It was shortly after that the eyas tried to flap their wings.
Later the female left and the eyas were very active in the nest looking up and down over the side, practicing their flapping of the wings. The female was on her look out spot on the elevator shaft on the construction site. She took off and flew a short distance and then returned to the elevator.

Baby - Female Flying shots May 22 2009 (remember to double click photo to enlarge them)

Female out and soaring around the nest

Landing on the elevator at the construction site

One Eyas watching mom soar around the nest

Today I finally saw the baby outside. The eyas was flapping it's wings and popping up and down. Also the female was soaring outside in the sun. Beautiful afternoon and she was out enjoying it. For the last week I have not seen the male once. I will not worry as he is probably showing up when I am not there.

Pictures of Eyas - From the 5th Floor Window May 21, 2009

Took a couple of photos today from the 5th floor window at work. Hopefully tomorrow I will get a couple of shots outside. She was feeding the 2 eyas and they were out in the sun. Jack saw them yesterday and they were also starting to flap their wings.

Female Feeding every 1/2 hour on the nest today May 17, 2009

Stopped in with Carol and Walter to see what was going on at the nest today. Watched the female feed the babies two times - she was having a tough time standing on the nest again today with the wind.

Female Red -Tail Hawk still bring in Nesting Material May 16, 2009

With the babies already over 2 weeks old the female is still bringing in new sticks and nesting materials. Today when I arrived she was busy feeding the young and then quickly flew off and came back in with some small twigs. Once she had placed them she settled in for a rest. No sign of the male red-tail hawk today. Today is a dull, rainy day.

Bath time Female Red Tail Nice Close up Shots May 15 2009

On my way to a meeting with my boss when the female red-tail flew out of the nest and flew over my car. It landed right beside the stop sign where I was. I grabbed my camera and snapped a couple of shots. I turned around and then saw the female was taking a bath in the running water at the construction site. Told my manager I would be right back. Took a couple of shots and then we rushed off to our meeting.
Also saw from the 5th floor window the top of the babies head while mom was feeding it. You can see the fuzzy white head beside hers. The photos is terrible as the sun was shining right at me and the window doesn't help. Enjoy.