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Birders

csziggy

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9. I know - eventually they have to hunt on their own and find their own territory

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #6)

Fri Jun 12, 2020, 06:36 PM

Jun 2020

I sort of wonder if the one calling from the lower pasture is a sibling rather than Mama. Usually the only time we hear this much noise from the red shoulders is when they are mating, with two or three males following a female around. That is mostly because that is when we have our windows open.

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A red shouldered hawk fledgling has been screaming just outside all afternoon [View all] csziggy Jun 2020 OP

Well, get out there and feed it! No, just kidding! I wonder if the parents are trying to get the SWBTATTReg Jun 2020 #1

We've been watching the red shouldered hawks on this property for over forty years csziggy Jun 2020 #3

Maybe they are distancing too. Doreen Jun 2020 #2

LOL - Mama has been screaming back from down in the lower pasture csziggy Jun 2020 #4

Is baby at 2 year old stage or hormonal teenager stage? Doreen Jun 2020 #5

From his demands, about preteen stage csziggy Jun 2020 #7

I am LOL right now. Doreen Jun 2020 #8

They stop feeding the young after a point though the 2naSalit Jun 2020 #6

I know - eventually they have to hunt on their own and find their own territory csziggy Jun 2020 #9