Comments on: Feats of Engineering

By: Kate St. John

Kate St. John — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:49:05 +0000

June 20: This pair of red-tails never nested. They hang out together at CMU.

By: Kate St. John

Kate St. John — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 02:39:35 +0000

April 3: The red-tailed hawks have given up on nesting on the steeple. I see them soaring but don’t know where they’ve chosen to nest instead.

By: Dale Overall

Dale Overall — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:19:51 +0000

Fabulous, so very inventive these hawks are, finding somewhere high up and out of the way!

By: Anne Marie

Anne Marie — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 21:23:58 +0000

Peter, thanks for more photos! I stopped by the church and thanks to your pictures I found the “nest”… looking pretty dry this afternoon around 3:30. During this time, I saw both hawks on the cross at Central Catholic, E2 was on COL near top, side opposite the nest, Dorothy was on the nest rail according to my smart phone… And a wedding party was having pictures taken at Mellon Institute…. a fun afternoon in Oakland!

By: Mary S. Lewis

Mary S. Lewis — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:19:15 +0000

Peter, please keep us posted on the adventures of these nonconformists. At least the peregrines are solid citizens!

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:13:21 +0000

I can’t wait to see what happens here. Yesterday morning she was looking pretty settled in on the nest. But then by evening she wasn’t hanging out there, and instead was on the cross over Central Catholic. Last night was the first time I didn’t manage to find both.

When I went back yesteday morning, the flowering branches from the day before in the top photo had been incorporated into the nest (along with some more, there are 4 or 5 of these trees on the lawn on either side of of the church)…

http://www.flickr.com/photos/87087391@N00/7009996845/lightbox/