geopelia wrote:
> "CaptCook"  wrote in message
> news:cpqdle$7gk$1{at}news.netins.net...
>
>>Has anyone posting actually seen the nest? I am wondering how much
>>mess there is around and under.  This might have been a factor in the
>>decision to remove the nest.
>
>
> If the nest had been there for ten years, there would probably have been
> plenty of mites and feather lice in it. That is the hawks' business though,
> not humans'.

Yeah; red-tails have real nests that could get messy after a decade.
It's a bit easier with all the peregrine nests, which people often
clean up after the breeding season's over. They're happy with a 2x4
frame and a bed of pea gravel.  Luxury would add a simple plywood
lean-to to shield the chicks from the weather.  You can clean it
up in half an hour or so, especially if there's a water faucet on
your roof.  But red-tails like a nest of sticks, and that can get
somewhat messy.

I wonder if there's a how-to guide somewhere for attracting red-tails
(or other hawks) to your roof, with suggestions for keeping it clean.

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