{"id":530,"date":"2009-03-12T10:45:26","date_gmt":"2009-03-12T15:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lstr.net\/blog\/?p=530"},"modified":"2009-03-12T10:53:21","modified_gmt":"2009-03-12T15:53:21","slug":"well-read-tailed-hawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lstr.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/12\/well-read-tailed-hawks\/","title":{"rendered":"Well-Read-tailed Hawks?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Franklin Institute was lucky enough to have a pair of Red-tailed Hawks take up residence in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.fi.edu\/hawknest.php\">webcam<\/a>-friendly spot. <\/p>\n<p>I think they might be reading the Philadelphia Metro, judging by the current view. More bad news for the Inquirer, I fear. They could be losing the bird of prey demographic, who are probably looking for a just a quick peck at the news. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lstr.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/red-tailed.jpg\" alt=\"red-tailed\" title=\"red-tailed\" width=\"402\" height=\"307\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lstr.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/red-tailed.jpg 402w, https:\/\/www.lstr.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/red-tailed-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nTwo Red-tailed Hawks have built a nest on a window ledge at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. The nest sits just outside a window where a camera has been positioned to create this video stream. The camera looks through the glass window pane which is 24 inches wide (~61 cm). No artificial lighting has been added, so the nest is only visible during daylight hours.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I believe they&#8217;re monogamous, so there might be some hawk chicks in the near future. Or they could just be roommates and we&#8217;ll have to see about emerging sexual tensions later on in the season. Worth keeping an eye on, I&#8217;m sure.<\/p>\n<p>The Red-tailed Hawk (aka chickenhawk, I think) is becoming a common sight around here. A few years back you&#8217;d only see these guys on occasion, but out here in the inner burbs, they&#8217;ve become a regular sight. (We caught them fishing in my neighbor&#8217;s goldfish pond last summer.) Now you can&#8217;t drive down an interstate without seeing one on a lightpost.<\/p>\n<p>Cornell&#8217;s Ornithology Lab has a good site for bird browsing, in general. Here&#8217;s their Red-tailed Hawk <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/AllAboutBirds\/BirdGuide\/Red-tailed_Hawk.html\">entry<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Franklin Institute was lucky enough to have a pair of Red-tailed Hawks take up residence in a webcam-friendly spot. I think they might be reading the Philadelphia Metro, judging by the current view. More bad news for the Inquirer, I fear. 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