{"id":12686,"date":"2012-06-20T07:00:10","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T05:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=12686"},"modified":"2019-12-22T22:25:20","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T09:25:20","slug":"red-tailed-hawks-nesting-on-high-power-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/red-tailed-hawks-nesting-on-high-power-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"Red-tailed Hawks Nesting on High Power Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been chronicling this pair of Red-tailed Hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) and submitting their breeding records to Cornell Lab for the last four years. Last year was not so good as the pair hatched two eyas and lost them after a huge storm in late May.<\/p>\n

I never saw them at the nest after that storm and I guess I’ll never know what happened. You can see the last photos and video I took of them with the male bringing a snake back to the nest for mama hawk’s dinner.<\/p>\n

This day, the hawks were very vigilant as they were both near the tower where they built the new nest last year.<\/p>\n

Just a few weeks ago, there were two eyas in the nest and now there is one. I have no idea what happened to the other chick but it looks like they will have an easier time with the single eyas this year.<\/p>\n