This is a new cam on two red-tailed hawks nesting on Cornell University campus, on a lighting tower adjacent to the athletic grounds. The cam is sponsored by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.


Cam Links:

2013 Cornell Red-Tailed Hawks

CAM 2




The cam image is very high quality (and can be viewed in HD if you have sufficiently good connection, by clicking on the Quality tab along the bottom edge of the cam window. The cam is PTZ and is periodically adjusted to zoom in on the nest bowl or pan around to the area around the nest.

The cam page also has information on the two adults, who are both banded. There are currently 3 eggs in the nest, the last of which was laid on March 22, and hatching is expected in mid-April.

The female, nicknamed “Big Red” in honor of her alma mater, is slightly larger, with a darker head, nape and throat, and is banded on her right leg. From banding records we know she was banded in nearby Brooktondale, New York, during her first autumn in 2003, making her nearly nine years old.

Red-tailed Hawk MaleThe male, nicknamed "Ezra" after the co-founder of Cornell University, is banded on his left leg. He’s a bit smaller and has golden-tawny feathers on his face and head, and a paler neck than the female. He is at least seven years old and was first banded in 2006 as an adult bird on Judd Falls Road near the Cornell campus.

Thanks so much for setting up this thread ostrich

I have uploaded a few videos to my YouTube channel which you can access by clicking the link in my signature line.

Mom lays her 3rd egg!!

A few s'caps from the video, courtesy Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

A video I recorded on Mar. 23rd. Dad brings Mom lunch

A few s'caps taken from the Mar 23rd video, courtesy Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

Mom is incubating the eggs


Dad flies in with a meal


Mom picks up the prey and leaves the nest

A few more s'caps from the Mar. 23rd video, courtesy Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

Mom has just left with her meal


Dad settles to incubate the eggs


Dad incubating

I recorded a video of Mom incubating and rolling the eggs, at 8:45am PDT on Mar. 28th.

Mom Big Red tending to eggs

Here are a few s'caps from the video, courtesy Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

Mom incubating


Mom's feather blowing in the wind


Mom up to roll the eggs

A few more s'caps from the Mar. 28th video, courtesy Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

Tucking straw under her chest


Pulling straw around her body


Yawning

I recorded 2 videos Apr. 3rd from 11:31am to 11:43am (PDT). Click this link to view them.
Mom 'Big Red' incubating

Here are a few s'caps from the video, courtesy Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Mom was incubating in the wind and was looking up and around as if Dad might have been nearby.

THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2012

All images copyright Cornell Lab of Ornithology