Monday, February 4, 2013

2 Freeway: Red Tail Hawks Renovating Nest

Photo: Diane Edwardson, February 2, 2013, 9:38 AM.  One of the two large Red Tailed Hawks takes off from the nest at the corner of Rosebud Ave & Allesandro on the 2 Freeway parkway.  (Click on photos to enlarge, I know the image quality is poor, but they are the first nesting photos of the year.)
 
My neighbor and I watched the pair of Red Tails fly back & forth from Corralitas and the nest as they diligently worked on their longtime nest.  Red Tails will refurbish the same nest year after year.    
Photo: Diane Edwardson, February 2, 2013, 9:38 AM.  Both Red Tails are in this photo.  The scale of their nest is enormous. 
 
Last year the same pair raised 4 babies to fledge.  We tracked their progress on the blog & on video.