Hawkwatch at the Franklin Institute

Since 2009, there has been a Red-tailed hawk nest on a window ledge at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. A live-feed camera allows thousands of people in the USA and around the world to watch the eggs hatch, and then observe the feeding and care of the young hawks until they fledge in mid June. Despite losing two mates, T1 and T2, to accidents, the female, Mom, has remained in the area, and there are high hopes that she and her new partner, T3, will nest together in 2015. Della Micah

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Mom is back in the nesting business!

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Good news and better news! Mom definitely has a mate in T3, and they are nesting. The only disappointment is that the nest is not on the win...
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Thursday, December 25, 2014

Mom and T3 - it's looking hopeful!

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Though 2014 did not have an active nest at the Franklin Institute, and to the best of the hawkstalkers' knowledge Mom did not have a nes...
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Della Micah
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania
Grew up in the UK in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Educated at Cambridge University (B.Ed). Have lived in the United States since 1978. I work at Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia, PA as director of college guidance.
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