![Dora and Christo](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1564/25339954482_7ab1057cbc_b.jpg)
Dora on the left, Christo on the right.
Unable to resist, Christo made his move.
![Red-tails Christo & Dora mating in Tompkins Square](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1491/24827782254_e68d47ed71_b.jpg)
![Red-tails Christo & Dora mating in Tompkins Square](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1537/25365448871_890c40de93_b.jpg)
Afterwards, it was time for more stick gathering. There seems to be some kind of trigger within the hawks that compels them to cut sticks immediately after mating.
![Dora and Christo at dusk](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1492/25392402651_9bb192c697_b.jpg)
![Dora and Christo at dusk](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1716/25485217775_1b0105fb98_b.jpg)
Christo flew the stick over to the nest (note his full crop - there's half a pigeon in there).
![Christo carries a stick to the nest](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1474/25485405695_65ed8aef8c_b.jpg)
![Christo carries a stick to the nest](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1705/25459303926_c783194621_b.jpg)
About five minutes later, he returned to Dora for another round of bonking.
![Christo and Dora mating in Tompkins Square](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1660/25485922435_2b23a3860e_b.jpg)
![Christo and Dora mating in Tompkins Square](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1592/24859226773_a7c3b04b41_b.jpg)
![Christo and Dora mating in Tompkins Square](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1686/25190358040_ee9ff2eb8c_b.jpg)
![Christo and Dora mating in Tompkins Square](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1442/25459838616_afa672c1d4_b.jpg)
Finally, the shadows crept up the branches and it was time to roost.
![Dora and Christo](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1597/25118431529_31f70cf680_b.jpg)
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