Hi all, I spent several hours on the past 2 mornings video-recording the Red-tailed Hawks nesting below the bridge below Fall Creek on Stewart Avenue. The youngsters are getting really big now, and one at least was vigorously exercising its wings this morning. Interestingly, one of the adults continues to bring sticks to the nest, and yesterday morning arrived with a leafy bough as large as he/she was! My understanding of this behavior is that green leaves are chosen for their insecticidal or anti-pathogenic properties, for nest hygiene. When I looked at my video closely, I discovered that the green plant was in fact hemlock.
Is there any other reason the hawk may be doing this? Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com Now on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marie-Read-Wildlife-Photography/104356136271727 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
