Red-tailed hawk: Up close and personal

This red-tailed hawk spent about an hour and a half perched in front of a camera near one of the owl nests. We got a great view of its soft, downy, chest and belly feathers. It was a real beauty. In the video you can see the hawk’s eyes occasionally become opaque for a split […]

Ringtail romance with a surprise ending

This is one of our favorites, and we’re republishing it now with some improvements to the video. —————————————————— Two ringtails moved into one of our larger bird boxes one day and stayed a for a marathon snugglefest – there was some “birds and the bees” action too, but mainly they snuggled. It all seemed uncharacteristically […]