This weekend brought some intense weather to the Red-tailed Hawk nest above Cornell University's campus in Ithaca, New York! Watch a beautiful sunny day shift to a blustering snowstorm that almost blows Big Red and one of her chicks off the nest in this time lapse from the Cornell Hawks cam. It is moments like these that remind us of the hardships that wild animals must endure when raising a family and the perseverance of the parents tasked with caring for their young.
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A Red-tailed Hawk pair has been nesting above Cornell University’s athletic fields since at least the 2012, making use of two different light towers for their nest sites. In 2012 and 2015, they used a tower near Fernow Hall, and in 2013, 2014, and 2016, they used the tower nearest Weill Hall. We installed cameras at both of these sites to get a better look at the intimate behavior of these well-known birds as they raise their young amid the bustle of a busy campus.
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