{"id":49237,"date":"2017-06-21T04:15:06","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T10:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=49237"},"modified":"2017-06-21T04:54:28","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T10:54:28","slug":"update-on-the-red-tailed-hawk-chicks-whose-nest-was-blown-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/21\/update-on-the-red-tailed-hawk-chicks-whose-nest-was-blown-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Update On The Red-tailed Hawk Chicks Whose Nest Was Blown Down"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several readers requested that I report back about the status of these chicks when I learned anything new.<\/p>\n

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A week ago I photographed Red-tailed Hawk chicks whose nest had been blown down off a power pole by 80+ mph winds several days before. I’d been following that nest and the progress of the youngsters for many weeks so I was somewhat\u00a0shocked (but not terribly surprised) to find all three chicks on or near the ground beneath the original nest pole. These two were in the tall grasses directly beneath the pole but the slightly older and more adventuresome one was further away in a pile of dead branches. Both parents were nearby and at the time I didn’t photograph that third chick.<\/p>\n

If you’re interested in why I didn’t try to “rescue” them you can see my original post about these birds.<\/a><\/p>\n

Four days after I originally photographed the chicks on the ground I visited the area once again on June 18\u00a0and this is what I found (and didn’t find).<\/p>\n

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One of the youngsters was still in the pile of dead tree branches with one of its parents standing guard. They’re only a few feet off the ground and it’s likely that this is the same chick that was there before.<\/p>\n

I couldn’t see the other two chicks. It’s very possible, perhaps likely, that they were still\u00a0in the very tall grasses somewhere on either side of the road. But it’s also possible that they didn’t make it – life on the ground at this age carries risks above and beyond those they would face in the nest. I’ll definitely report back if I see them in the future.<\/p>\n

There’s two more red-tail nests in this area I’ve been following since early spring and the news from those nests on this same morning\u00a0was very good. One of them has two healthy chicks and the other has three – all about the same age as this one.<\/p>\n

That’s potentially eight fledged youngsters out of three nests in the same general area and there’s likely other nests in the trees and cliffs far from the road that I’m unaware of.<\/p>\n

From that perspective it could be a very productive nesting season for Red-tailed Hawks in the area.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Several readers requested that I report back about the status of these chicks when I learned anything new.<\/p>\n

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