Last Saturday and again today, starting at dawn and continuing for hours, a recently fledged Red Tail Hawk was calling to be fed. This is a particularly large youngster.
We suspect the Red Tails have a nest in a tall pine tree on Corralitas Drive. About a month ago, one neighbor reported seeing a large adult Red Tail pluck a squirrel out of a palm tree, then fly less than 100' to another neighbor's pine tree, landing in an opening of the branches near the top of the tree. It appeared to be doing something in the tree with the squirrel as if it were feeding chicks. It was too far for photos with a cell phone. We usually see Red Tails eat meals atop telephone poles around the neighborhood.
The neighbor with the pine tree reported hawks frequently circling and calling in and around the tree and house this year. This is typical nesting behavior in our neighborhood (we've watched the Red Tails in the nest on the 2 Freeway for years). Since they nest high in the trees, neighbors are not always aware of the nest. We've seen Red Tail juveniles return to the nest in the evenings months after they've fledged.
