The Cams

Red-tails on the box

While I was gone on a trip to Yellowstone, it seems our local red-tails have started using the perch a lot.  That means that perch will have to come down.  Alex and I will take it down this weekend if possible.  As a consequence of having the perch there, though, I think they tried standing on top of the box, despite the pigeon spikes.  I really don't think the top of the box is anywhere near big enough for a red-tail nest, though.  Yes, Pale Male and Lola used pigeon spikes to secure their nest in NYC, but they had a much larger area on which to nest.

We'll keep an eye on this, and see what happens.  If the RTHs do indeed try to nest there, we can't legally do anything about it...their nests (and indeed, the RTHs) are protected by federal law.