Date: 6/28/25 3:42 pm From: Edwin Barrell <ebarrell5...> Subject: Re: Red Tail Hawk Fledged Bucks County
Thats awesome.
On Fri, Jun 27, 2025, 9:50 PM Linda Rowan <
<000001476b4df963-dmarc-request...> wrote:
> On Wed. June 25 our 1 baby Red Tail Hawk fledged unseen.
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> The nest was on a power tower.
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> The good news is that today around noon, I heard a Red Tail calling.
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> I went out back and heard the call from the direction of the power tower.
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> I located the young Red Tail low on the tower structure. What a good
> feeling to know it survived the first two days out of the nest.
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> So here is the rest of the story. We can easily see this nest with a
> spotting scope from our living room. It is more challenging when the trees
> leaf out.
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> We have watched the nest for 9 years.
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> At one point this spring we thought the nest had failed because we did not
> see any activity.
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> Then at the end of April we started to see a Red Tail in the nest.
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> Finally on May 22 I saw tiny fuzzy white wings flap.
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> This is the first time that there has only been one young bird.
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> Linda Rowan,
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> Levittown Bucks County
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