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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The Year of the Hawk series consists of 6 videos, one covering each of the months of the breeding season 9 January to June) of the Red tailed hawks in Providence RI, beginning with the attempt to establish a new nest site first observed on January 1 to the fledged young hawks moving away from the nest, though still dependent upon parental feedings as we move through June. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Year of the hawk January 2 minutes 51 seconds <span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="https://youtu.be/RSnw5xLxeFg" title="https://youtu.be/RSnw5xLxeFg">https://youtu.be/RSnw5xLxeFg</a><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>In February I was mostly watch a very precariously perched nest 2 minutes 18 seconds <a href="https://youtu.be/bI2eX8oEAAw">https://youtu.be/bI2eX8oEAAw</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Lots of action in March. The hawks return to the old nest site, add sticks to build it up, mate, and start to incubate eggs. There are also some nice flight sequences and a good look at what one of the hawks caught 4 minutes 12 seconds <span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="https://youtu.be/YF9Yol-inZQ" title="https://youtu.be/YF9Yol-inZQ">https://youtu.be/YF9Yol-inZQ</a><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>April began with the hawks incubating the eggs and ending with them feeding little white fluff balls 2 minutes 56 seconds <span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="https://youtu.be/B07hqYL-RhU" title="https://youtu.be/B07hqYL-RhU">https://youtu.be/B07hqYL-RhU</a><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>In May the predominant task ifs feeding the rapidly growing young hawks 4 minutes 43 seconds <a href="https://youtu.be/8Aw68-CAOUo">https://youtu.be/8Aw68-CAOUo</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The June installment of the Year of the Hawk series is the last one. The young hawks have flown the coop and from here on I see and video them irregularly and not much dramatic happens unless I am lucky enough to catch one on film hunting. I am looking forward to starting this process up again at the beginning of the next breeding season. 4 minutes 18 seconds <span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="https://youtu.be/j3dQdTjMDrc">https://youtu.be/j3dQdTjMDrc</a><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>