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April 28, 2015

Red-shoulder Update

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Barbara Dilger reports:

On Sunday, Stiles and I saw what looked to be a blue and silver Mylar balloon (maybe they are trying to tell us that the baby hawk will be a boy) that kept moving in the Red-shoulders' nest.

It was not the wind — it seemed that something was underneath it and moving it about.  

We watched for a pretty long period of time, then all of a sudden Laura flew out from underneath it.

Then the male left the nest – apparently, they both had been in there with it, adjusting it around.
 
( Thanks, Barbara! This is apparently very unusual, since Mylar balloons are sometimes recommended as way to keep hawks away.)
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