I visited the nest on Tuesday in the rain and didn’t take any pictures.  Pale Male was on a building a few blocks for the nest, while Lola stayed on the nest.

The weather was better on Wednesday afternoon with the clouds giving way to sunny skies.   Lola must have had a break off the nest before I arrived, since she stayed on the nest for the entire time I was there.  Pale Male was on the building south of the nest when I arrived, left and then returned to a different window on the same floor.

Still not signs of a hatching.  I suspect we only have a slight chance of success, after four years of failure.

If Lola and Pale Male’s eggs are going to hatch, it will be sometime this week.  While this would normally be a feverish time at the nest, after years of failed nests, expectations are low and there are no crowds of hawk watchers at the nest.

Tonight, it was a fairly standard nest exchange.  No sign yet of a hatching.

Pale Male cached food for Lola in a tree on Cedar Hill late on Sunday.  She was eager to eat it, leaving the nest before Pale Male arrived to take over egg sitting duties!  He settled in quickly afterward, so the eggs were in no danger of getting cold.

She came back to the nest after eating, but didn’t settle down right away but flew off, only to return a few minutes later and take over egg sitting duties.

I watched the nest at dusk on Friday and for about half an hour Saturday afternoon. 

On Friday, Pale Male brought prey to Lola.  He stopped twice while taking it up to the nest. Once on a balcony on a building a block south of the nest and once on a ledge on a building north of the nest.  The prey was a bird.  Once he got to the nest, Lola switched off and ate on a terrace a few blocks away.  After about half an hour she returned to the nest and Pale Male exchanged places with her on the eggs.  He then went off to the terrace to see if their were leftovers.

On Saturday, the “boys on the hawk bench”, were kind enough to point out a new perch for Pale Male, on top of the building just to the north of nest.  They’re doing construction by the water tower which has a large scaffold with a tarp around it.  He likes to sit on the upper right hand corner on days there are no construction workers.

Below is a split shot of Lola and Pale Male’s nest, the left is from last year and the right is from a few days ago.  Both were taken in March.  It looks like the nest is now an inch or two higher.  Cross your fingers for a positive outcome this year!