I got to watch Pale Male and his new mate go to roost on Friday.  They choose different trees near the East Drive.

One of the funny things about hawk watching is explaining to tourists that hawks don’t live in their nests like Monk Parakeets, but that they perch and roost all over their territory when not actually using the nest to raise offspring.  I think anyone who watches Pale Male has repeated this explanation thousands of times.

In the video Pale Male is at the bottom of the screen, and his mate above.  The shots in the tree are all of the female.