A couple of weeks ago, we had a break in our rotten weather and I decided I would head out for a walk around town, with my camera in hand, of course.
As I walked through a new city park, I heard the screeching of a Red-tailed Hawk. Glancing around, I spotted one circling and as I raised my camera, it glided in for a landing on the top of a nearby tree.
I snapped off a few shots and noticed the large mass below the hawk at the top of the tree. Looking closer, I realized it might be a nest. As I walked around looking at the top of the tree, I felt more and more confident of my conclusion.
At one point, a second, smaller, Red-tailed Hawk, probably a male, circled the area. After a few minutes, the perched hawk took off and joined the other hawk. The pair headed to the northeast and I lost sight of them.
Since the possible nest is not far from my place, I have kept an eye on it. The pair of Red-tailed Hawk tend to stay in the area of that tree, but I have yet to notice any sitting on the nest.
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One of my favorite things to do during the winter is travel the ranch lands east of town in search of raptors.
It is this time of year that the Rough-legged Hawk moves down here to escape the cold of the bird’s summer Arctic retreat.
So Thursday, while heading to a friend’s house for Thanksgiving dinner, I checked out Raptor Land.
I saw a lot of Rough-legged Hawks way out in the middle of pastures, but only one up close, who just happened to get nervous about my presence as I lifted my camera.
But it was two Red-tailed Hawks who graced the view in my camera. Both birds seemed, either a little upset at my presence, or were thinking, “Hummm…Turkey dinner?”
The following juvenile hawk really decided to look things over.
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