Hawk Nest in Portland OR

Badwater

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30 Apr 10

Grampy Bobby

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02 May 10

Originally posted by Badwater
Here is a live cam of a red-tailed hawk nest in Portland, Oregon. It looks like the hawks have chosen a fire escape for a nesting site!

http://www.kgw.com/lifestyle/raptor-cam

One of your most appealing and fascinating threads. Thanks.

huckleberryhound

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02 May 10

FreakyKBH

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03 May 10

Feeding time, again.

Great Big Stees

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03 May 10

Connected this time. Thanks it's great.

FreakyKBH

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09 May 10

Pigeon, anyone?

divegeester

watching in dismay

STARMERGEDDON

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10 May 10

One of the chicks has died. My my wife is in bits now thanks....!

Sunburnt

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10 May 10

Aw, they've gotten fluffy!

divegeester

watching in dismay

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10 May 10

Originally posted by Sunburnt
Aw, they've gotten fluffy!

I've become moderately obsessed with them this last week

FreakyKBH

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11 May 10

Originally posted by divegeester
I've become moderately obsessed with them this last week

Did you read the update on what they think caused it? Kinda, um, disgusting, really.

divegeester

watching in dismay

STARMERGEDDON

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11 May 10

Originally posted by FreakyKBH
Did you read the update on what they think caused it? Kinda, um, disgusting, really.

Yes that awful bacterium from pigeons.

I hate pigeons...and seagulls.

Grampy Bobby

Boston Lad

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11 May 10

Originally posted by Mimor
Very cool! 🙂

Me likey too.

Badwater

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11 May 10

Originally posted by divegeester
One of the chicks has died. My my wife is in bits now thanks....!

That's to be expected. The life of a raptor is hard and under normal circumstances 60%-80% of the youngsters (varies with species and things like prey base) will die before their first birthday. Sorry about your wife's distress; it's a natural occurrence.

At CRC we've had Great Horned Owl babies and Barn Owl babies so far. The orphaned or displaced babies that we get starts to pick up this month and into June.

Badwater

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14 May 10

It's sunny in Oregon today (still morning here) and the nestlings are fairly active. Good day to be checking out this live feed.

divegeester

watching in dismay

STARMERGEDDON

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14 May 10

They grow so fast! Be interesting to see the moment they leave the nest.

Badwater

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15 May 10

Originally posted by divegeester
They grow so fast! Be interesting to see the moment they leave the nest.

All birds, and it doesn't matter whether it's a sparrow, eagle, or ostrich, grow to adult size within 3 months. They grow at a fantastic rate. It is a reason why bone breaks when they are nestlings is often fatal; the bone is growing too fast to properly calcify over a break. Birds have to be able to fly or be of adult size to leave the nest and the sooner they are ready the better their chances of survival are (or so they have evolved, it would appear).