Not long after my last post, the last hatchling to leave the nest flew off. Archie had been flirting with leaving the ledge since before his nestmates had left, flapping vertically and horizontally and windowwise like Judson. After a long engagement, he finally consummated late in the day today. My Sunday Times is still unwrapped and unread because I was following the nest cam and live on the ground with Urban Hawks.
I say not long, but the truth is that followers online and on the ground spent hours upon hours this weekend following the hawks. In a rural environment, hawks would not need humans watching over them. In an urban environment, perhaps the same is true, but it is also true that there are so many variables that many pairs of eyes and hands can help protect the hawks from the dangers we have created. So, let it be and let it be as is.
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