Red-tailed hawks switch at the nest, Schenley Park, 3 April 2026 (screenshot from Dana Nesiti, Canonusr on Youtube)

10 April 2026

Last year in early April Dana Nesiti was filming great-horned owl siblings in Schenley Park but this year their nest is gone and the owls have relocated, we don’t know where. Instead Dana has found a red-tailed hawk nest where the pair is incubating eggs.

Red-tailed hawks are the most common hawk in southwestern Pennsylvania with at least three territories in Schenley Park, one of which is Dana’s favorite pair. On 3 April he visited them to see how their nesting is progressing.

Last Friday was warm and very windy and it roared while Dana filmed the male on the nest.

The music he selected for Five Minutes in the Wind is calming and briefly dramatic. Enjoy.