Urban Hawks

I missed Pale Male’s giving Lola her late afternoon/evening break from the nest tonight.  They made their exchange just before I arrived.  Not much happened for the rest of the evening, with Lola only getting up to stretch just twice.

Again, there were no signs of a hatching.

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.