Two red-tailed hawk chicks at their nest in Schenley Park, 20 May 2026 (photo by Dana Nesiti)

22 May 2026

While the Pitt peregrines were being banded on 20 May, Dana Nesiti was filming a pair of red-tailed hawk youngsters less than a mile away at their nest in Schenley Park.

On that day the Pitt peregrine chicks were 23-25 days old …

Patti Barber (PGC) holds one of the Pitt peregrine chicks on Banding Day, 20 May 2026 (photo by Aimee Obidzinski, Univ of Pittsburgh)

… and the red-tailed hawk chicks were 27-28 days old. Not only are the red-tails 3-4 days older but they look very different. Taller and more gangly.

When they all grow up the red-tailed hawks will be larger than the peregrines but the peregrines are much more agile in the air. Peregrines can always beat red-tails in a dogfight.

See more videos by Dana at his Canonusr YouTube channel.