Red-tailed Hawks Still Putting on a Show at Our Place

June 30, 2023 Paul Cipywnyk

The juvenile Red-tailed Hawks are still hanging around in the tree canopy next to our townhouse in SE Burnaby, BC.

They are now taking short flights of up to around 10-20 meters. One ventured as far as the roof of a townhouse across from us, hung out there for awhile, and then flew back into the trees.

There were three in view this evening.

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Juvenile Red-tailed Hawks in SE Burnaby, BC

June 27, 2023 Paul Cipywnyk

More photos tonight taken from our bedroom window of young Red-tailed Hawks in SE Burnaby, BC.

There are at least two young, shrieking all day long for several days now, as the adults increasingly ignore them to try to get them to fly . . .

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At this point they are still learning to fly, and just take short hops of a few meters high up in the trees.

We popped the screen out of the window so I could get unobstructed shots with a Tamron 150-600mm zoom on a Nikon Z50.

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Red-tailed Hawks Readying to Fly

June 21, 2023 Paul Cipywnyk

The family of Red-tailed Hawks nesting above our townhouse balcony in SE Burnaby, BC, was putting on a show tonight. Lots of vocalizing and short tree-to-tree flights. I think maybe the parents are trying to get the young to fly. Cool!