Look Out Below
When you see a Red-tailed Hawk assume this posture, stand back, way back.
Mockingbird vs. Red-tailed Hawk, Part II
Last week, I saw a Mockingbird in the garden on the south side of the Cathedral, and knew it was only a matter of time before I’d see a confrontation between this Mockingbird and a Red-tailed Hawk near the nest. (This is a different Mockingbird than the one that harassed the Red-tail on 110th Street.)
This morning the female adult was about twenty feet from the nest when a Mockingbird attacked. After acting like the Mockingbird was nothing more than an annoying insect, the Red-tailed moved north to a St. Luke’s Hospital perch.
Wednesday Evening at the Cathedral
I was up at the nest for about an hour or so after 6:00 p.m. It was a quiet evening with a cool breeze. The parents spent their time off the nest and only one eyas was very active on the nest while I was there.
The eyas has changed greatly in the last two days. It’s beginning to look more like a Red-tailed adult, each and every day.
Monday Morning
Just as I arrived the female returned to the nest.
Later the male arrives with a pigeon but leaves with a squirrel! Either they’re caching food in the nest or he was taking out the trash.
The chicks on the nest. They’re buff colored chests are coming in now.
Sunday Feeding
A little bit before 1 p.m., the female helped a nestling have lunch. The young can feed themselves, but the mother helps by pulling apart the meat into smaller pieces.
Keeping Watch
In the late morning and early afternoon, both parents kept an eye on the nest from various perches around the nest.
