Hawk Chick Update

[Spiritbird]

They were hatched April 20 & 21
Fledging is Imminent They may be out of the nest by the morning

The Franklin Institute Hawk Nest

 

[parrotqueen]

Oh my gosh!! I just witnessed one fly off!

 

[Spiritbird]

Fantastic. I been watching all day long for that. U so lucky!!

 

[Spiritbird]

Thursday and all chicks still in nest. I just saw Mom there with her three babies. She brought a bird for dinner. Hard to watch them eat the bird though. One of the chicks is flying and coming back to the nest. Two have not fledged yet.

 

[parrotqueen]

Hard to watch them eat the bird though.

I know what you mean. As soon as I saw that, I had to close the page. LOL

The babies have grown up to be so pretty, haven't they? Gorgeous coloration.

 

[Spiritbird]

Red Tailed Hawks have beautiful markings. We have falcons on our downtown buildings in Baltimore. I wonder if the city hatched rafters will ever see the woods?

 

[HRH Di]

We live on the edge of town and there are still lots of agricultural areas around us...we see lots of red-tailed hawks all the time. We have bird feeders in our yard and a relatively large escaped ring-neck dove population. So we do have one hawk who often "dines" in our backyard.