Nothing ever goes as planned, and that applies to Red-tail hawks too...Many, MANY thanks go to the folks at South Bay Wildlife Rehab. They have been monitoring the nesting from the beginning and have assisted whenever help is needed. If you care anything at all about wildlife, especially birds of prey such as the Kaiser Red-tails, please check out their website at http://www.sbwr.org . They are an all-volunteer organization and thus depend entirely on donations. I can't think of a more worthwhile group to donate to, especially considering the help they've given the R/T Family these past few days...A special thanks goes to Jen, the SBWR volunteer who came out to rescue the hawklet in distress as chronicled here...
Hospital staff first notice that 2 of the hawklets have taken their first flight sometime between 6:45 and 7am. (The 3rd one is still at the nest meaning it's probably younger than the other two and thus won't fly for another day or two.) They've flown to the roof of the building across from the nest but don't seem in a great hurry to do any more aerial training. At around 8:15am I take pictures of one....
Hospital staff first notice that 2 of the hawklets have taken their first flight sometime between 6:45 and 7am. (The 3rd one is still at the nest meaning it's probably younger than the other two and thus won't fly for another day or two.) They've flown to the roof of the building across from the nest but don't seem in a great hurry to do any more aerial training. At around 8:15am I take pictures of one....
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