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Steve Wolfe  > The Red-Tail Hawks of Kaiser Hospital, Harbor City, California > The Progression by Weeks: April 10 - 17
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Steve Wolfe > MIna re-organizing the nest. Such little scenes of domesticity are very touching....This nest was abandoned last year, possibly due to the eggs not hatching or the window-washers scaring Mina and Willie away. But with their main nest destroyed when the trees it was in were chopped down for new construction, they rehabilitated this one; hopefully this will be their permanent nest and be used from year to year.
Steve Wolfe > Willie bringing home the bacon --- well, maybe the rat-atouille...Red-tails are opportunistic hunters, and I've seen Mina and Willie bringing home pigeons, gulls, mice and squirrels. Their hunting extends to Harbor Park across the street, where I've seen them circling in the sky or sitting on a tree branch looking for a fresh meal.
Steve Wolfe > Willie in for a landing.
Steve Wolfe > Feeding time at the nest.
Steve Wolfe > It's now April 13 and that fuzzy shadow between Willie's legs is my first sighting of a baby. Most of the hospital staff's "hawk watchers" believe the egg(s) (no one's quite sure how many yet) hatched on April 10, when Mina started spending more time at the nest.
Steve Wolfe > Mina tearing up food. Those talons and sharp beak are probably more efficient than our hands. And like all hawks, the Red-tail's talons are its main weapons.
Steve Wolfe > On April 14 I get my first good look at the babies --- and there are 2 of them! That's average for Red-Tails. The last time Mina and WIllie had successful hatchings there were 3 but one fell out --- or was pushed out --- of the nest a few weeks later. Some hospital staff buried the little fellow in the ground near the nest and rumor has it that Mina was seen standing at the gravesite...Here Mina is delicately feeding one of her chicks. I used the rapid-fire burst mode on my camera to get sequential shots of many of the following feeding sessions. The following photo was taken a second or two after this one.
Steve Wolfe > The Progression by Weeks: April 10 - 17 photo
Steve Wolfe > Looks like this one could be singing "O Sole Mio".....
Willie in for a landing.
> Willie in for a landing.
Willie in for a landing.
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