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Help! Where Are the Red-shoulders Nesting?
Every year since 2002 or possibly earlier, endangered Red-shouldered Hawks have nested in Allendale or nearby Ramsey.
They failed several times before nesting successfully in 2004, and have nested at nine locations total.
This could well be the first spring where we are in mid-April and have not located the nest.
Stiles Thomas and I hear and see the hawks often, and Stiles saw the pair in flight this week, but no nest. Can you help us find it?
Laura the Red-shoulder and her mate typically nest about 30 feet or more up in a large deciduous tree, and typically within 50 feet of a house.
If you see or hear a Red-shoulder, try to see whether it has a leg band (that would be Laura) and which direction it goes, and then report your findings to Marsh Warden Emeritus Stiles Thomas at 201-327-3470 or me at celeryfarm (at) gmail.com.
The first person to report the location gets a copy of "Survival, the Red-shouldered Hawks of Allendale," which Jerry Barrack and I compiled with the help of friends of the Celery Farm in 2011. It's 72 pages, with color photography and tons of information on our hawks.
You can read some old blog posts about the Red-shoulders here.
5 comments
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You had me going there for a minute!
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I should mention I’m in Berryton, KS.
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I’ve got a pair this year (2020) nesting in my front yard, with three eyasses! I’ve enjoyed watching them nest, bathe in our front creek and now take turns hunting around our pond and feeding the babies! I really hope they come back next year! They are beautiful hawks!
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Thank you! Will check it out…
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Hi Jim and Stiles
Don’t know if you found Laura yet but
I run a swimming pool company called Sigma pools. I do all the pools on E.Orchard street in Allendale and have been hearing a Red shoulder calling about midway down E. orchard street regularly. Some big Oak trees are back there and its not far from the farm so may be worth a look. While working I don’t pull my binos out to investigate but I think it may be worth a look.
Thanks
Roy Verstraete
rvspi@aol.com
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Jim Wright
You had me going there for a minute!
Melissa Snider
I should mention I’m in Berryton, KS.
Melissa Snider
I’ve got a pair this year (2020) nesting in my front yard, with three eyasses! I’ve enjoyed watching them nest, bathe in our front creek and now take turns hunting around our pond and feeding the babies! I really hope they come back next year! They are beautiful hawks!
Jim Wright
Thank you! Will check it out…
Roy Verstraete
Hi Jim and Stiles
Don’t know if you found Laura yet but
I run a swimming pool company called Sigma pools. I do all the pools on E.Orchard street in Allendale and have been hearing a Red shoulder calling about midway down E. orchard street regularly. Some big Oak trees are back there and its not far from the farm so may be worth a look. While working I don’t pull my binos out to investigate but I think it may be worth a look.
Thanks
Roy Verstraete
rvspi@aol.com