No Red-Tailed hawks at SCC but one loud and noisy fledged red-tail flying around the house

The red-tailed hawks may have left SCC but today when I went out of my house I heard that wonderful young red-tail call. I went to my front yard and yes I could hear the young hawk call. Suddenly above my head (high in the sky) was a juvenile red-tailed hawk soaring around and around. A couple of shots. There has been a pair nesting in the bluffs and I have seen them once in a while.

No sign of any of the Red-Tailed Hawks August 5 2010

Drove by work today to see if any the red-tailed hawks (adult and Juveniles) were around. No noise so flying nearby, nothing. Hopefully I will see them once in a while. A couple of shots from my last sighting.

Hunting for bugs - Juv red tailed hawk showing wonderful flying skills July 31, 2010

Janice and I met at the SCC. Found the 2 American Kestrels immediately and we just going to head out when I saw the hawk flying low to the building. We watched in fascination as the young hawk flew between trees and landing on trees, stones and public art with grace. He would be standing tall looking around when he would zero in on a bug on the ground, dinner served. He is doing very well and can formally be called a juvenile now that he is hunting on his own.






As we got in our car we watched him fly off again hunting. I know that seeing this beautiful bird is soon going to be a memory.

Juvenile Red-Tailed hawk looking beautiful July 30 2010

Every time I see one of the young red-tailed hawks my heart soars as I know soon they will be gone. One of the young seems to be using the SCC as his hunting ground. He was jumping from tree to public art pieces to hunt for large bugs. I added the poop shot as that also shows he is getting enough to eat.

Soaring high and beautiful in the sky - Juvenile Red Tailed Hawk July 29, 2010

Oh what a sight it was - soaring around and around the sky and over the SCC. Not a sound was made and THEN we heard the crying in the background. Yes the 2nd noisy juvenile red tail hawk was sitting on the condo behind the SCC 3 balconies from the top screaming for food. So the 2 juveniles did survive. Also I heard from Ken B who I met at the SCC the other night and he saw 3 red tailed hawks flying together by the SCC. Too cool


Female American Kestrel



Male American Kestrel

2 Juv Red Tailed hawks and 3 Kestels at SCC July 28, 2010

Juv American Kestel (waiting for confirmation on Juv status)


Adult - the second one flew away before I got there.

I was out looking for the hawks when to my surprise I found a male and female American Kestrel and one juv in the trees at the front of work. Then out of the blue sky came a beautiful hawk and on the roof of the SCC a screaming juv. After looking at the shots they flying hawk was a juv red tail so both are accounted for. YAHOO.

Occasional sighting of fledged Red Tailed hawk July 26, 2010

Today I saw one hawk sitting on the light stands and public art pieces. Sighting will become harder each day. They do not cry as much plus they are flying very high and very far away.