2 Eyas maybe more april 28, 2010

Today Florence and Bernie joined me at the nest. WE did not see the male but we did see the female feeding the little ones. Only the tips of the heads were seen. Food was in the nest - female would feed herself then the eyas. The female looks fantastic.

Female Red Tail feeding young April 27, 2010

Saw both adult hawks and watched the female bending over to feed the young. If you look really closely with a microscope you can see one eyas. Honestly I used the raw file with 200% increase in size - and you can see the little white face.

Red-Tailed Hawk taking a good look at me today April 26, 2010

At lunch today I met Andrew and Murray for my hourly visit with the hawks. What a thrill it was after 10 min to see the male come in for a fly by. He soared around the nest and around Andrew and myself. He then flew below Ellemsere and continued to soar around. A cooper hawk went over the nest and into the woods. After the hawk gave us one more fly by he disappeared and Murray arrived -sorry Murray.
the whole time the female was on the nest.

Red Tailed hawk hunting around the nest April 25 2010

Today I stopped in to check out the nest. I had no idea how cold it was outside till I arrived. The male hawk was seen hunting around teh building while the female was tight on the nest.

Red-Tailed hawk - Landscapes of the area

The Red-tailed Hawks live in the middle of a building jungle. Condos, business building like Bell Canada and the government building and of course where I work for the City. There is construction going on all around us.
A couple of shots of the male and female flying around the area.

Red Tailed Hawk vs Kestrel + eyas born April 24, 2010

Lots of excitement on the nest today. Carol and I went to visit it this morning and were treated to a flying display of Red-Tailed Hawk being chased by an male American Kestrel. The Kestrel was even attacking the nest. At one point 2 kestrels were chasing the male red-tailed hawk.

Once the chase was over we were treated to the female Red-Tailed hawk doing the dipping and feeding of at least one young. She would get up every 1/2 hour and do this dipping into the nest.

Later the 2 changed spots on the nest and the female soared around the building and finally landed on the government building.

Both Red Tailed Hawks seen today April 23, 2010

Good news both male and female were seen by the nest. I saw the mom on the nest and male flying over top. Will keep a close eye on them as I suspect one egg has hatched. Will hopefully know by the end of the weekend.