I had been feeling sorry for the Broad-winged Hawks who nest each year in the woods just below my house. They flew all the back here from Veracruz, only to find their nest tree damaged by the heavy April snow. They started building a new nest several days ago, but almost immediately the highway department arrived to begin a lengthy repair project on the shady seasonal road just below. The heavy equipment racket starts at 7:00 each day and goes until 4:00. Yet the hawks have continued building, and if they can sustain the commitment for another day or two, their persistence looks likely to pay off, as the road work will be finished and Maple Avenue will return to being a quiet woodland lane.
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