Very quiet on the nest April 4, 2010

I stopped in today to see if there was any flying at the nest. The female was sitting on the edge of the nest when i arrived but shortly after hunkered down.
I wanted to post a photo of what size the nest is.

Female on Nest - some shots of another red tail hawk March 27, 2010

Off for a few days - Our family is in the nest and really hunkered down - thought I would show you a couple of shots of another pair of red tails I watch.
Red-Tailed Hawk means
awake vision
new ideas
stimulates hope

Taking branches to the nest - march 26, 2010

The female Red tailed hawk has a beautiful red tail. She was again busy for appr. 1/2 hour and then spend the rest of the time on eggs in the nest.



See the branch at the front of the photo.

Female red tailed hawk busy getting branches for nest March 25, 2010

Today it was very exciting on the nest. The female went back and forth from the nest to the woods and back again. She was tearing off branches to put in the nest. She never left for more an 5 min and was back in the nest. She then gave us a thrill soaring above us for a good 5 min. The male was in and out of the nest during this time.

The female is so large and full of feathers. When you look at the shots make sure you double click so you can see her breast hair and how large her body is. The difference in size is amazing.

Male Red Tailed Hawk takes over sitting on eggs March 24, 2010

At lunch time I was lucky to see the male come flying in and take over nest sitting. The female did not waste any time taking off. Within 10 min the female came back to the nest.

Red Tailed Hawk Female on nest - March 22, 2010

Very little activity on the nest today. Cold and rainy. I saw her when I came to work moving branches around, then at lunch tail feathers in the air and when I left there was an exchange of roles - the female left and the male went on the nest.

Photos will be very poor as the nest is high and we can barely see her from the 5th floor.

What I see from the 5th floor window

From the parking lot

From the parking lot

Nesting Date. At least one egg March 21, 2010

Female Red-Tailed Hawk is sitting on at least one egg. The nest is so high I could only see the tip of the tail feather and front beak. As you can see in the shot only the tip of her beak can be seen.


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