This first “normal” post is late – my own natural history took a sudden gust last Saturday when the huge spread in the News & Observer began a cascade of calls, messages and e-mails about everything from binding family Bibles to studio tours. Wonderful, but hairy – and all I want to do is get back to the red-tailed hawk family who has moved into Cameron Village. These guys are swooping down to roost sometimes right beside the library and the one on the left below looks like a juvenile. I’ll start a series of observations and let you know. We see these guys all the time – whereas you need to get near some flowing water and real country to see the slightly smaller red-shouldered hawk.
The Raleigh Naturalist 
Comment brought forward from old site:
January 11, 2008
These hawks may have come from the last private forest inside the beltline of oak trees and large pine trees which was just clear cut. I live off Capital Blvd. and we have seen a lot of hawks since they clear cut this forest just before Christmas.
You can see the destruction just behind the Bojangles on Atlantic… I thought the mayor protected us from such enviromental slaughter. I know it is private land but they could have saved more trees. I watched them cut the trees like they were weeds. I guess trees are weeds and they stand in our way of progress and land development. “Raleigh Greenway”
Comment by raleighnaturalist — January 11, 2009 @ 8:13 pm
Comment brough forward from old site:
January 13. 2008
Late, schmate! Just keep bringing these cool nuggets.
I assume I’ve seen one of these hawks.
I live right between the Cameron Village post office and the Rose Garden in a second floor apartment.
One day at least a few months back I walked to the window and saw this hawk on my porch railing, checking out the scene, I stood there for awhile just watching him and suddenly he swooped down and away, working his way through the neighborhood. Clyde
That was a cool day!
Comment by raleighnaturalist — January 11, 2009 @ 8:16 pm