Below, Christo and Amelia keep an eye on things from one of their favorite perches near Avenue B.
![Christo and Amelia](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7918/47140740901_9dfd029bf5_b.jpg)
Amelia with a big stick:
![Amelia with a stick](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7912/47140743151_26954e8d61_b.jpg)
She flies the stick towards the nest.
![Amelia with a stick](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7847/47140743581_175593fc09_b.jpg)
Christo breaking a stick from a tree:
![Christo breaks a stick](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7919/47140741381_7219f88d9d_b.jpg)
I love watching Christo peel bark from trees. He seems to prefer bark from Chinese Scholar trees as well as American Elm.
![Christo peels bark from a branch](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7805/46226771175_5d6118cb59_b.jpg)
The hawks use the bark to line their nest. Below, a piece of bark can be see laying across the top right side of the nest.
![Christo and Amelia's nest with a piece of bark](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7831/46226769785_8785af3821_b.jpg)
Christo on the nest:
![Christo in the nest](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7805/47140742571_d5a979e579_b.jpg)
When they're not nest-building, Christo and Amelia can be seen (and heard!) mating.
![Hawk love](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7856/33265562528_ca40e80a18_b.jpg)
![Hawk love](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7903/33265562818_81c20c59ee_b.jpg)
![Hawk love](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7800/33265563638_a3b421ee39_b.jpg)
Here they are on the roof of the Christodora building on Avenue B and 9th Street.
![Amelia and Christo mating](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7851/46237412755_bb536c7708_b.jpg)
This afternoon, Amelia took off from her perch on the cross of St Nicholas of Myra on Avenue A and 10th Street:
![Amelia taking off from St Nicholas of Myra church](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7881/46447740624_456dcc91a7_b.jpg)
She soared past me, on her way to Christo, who was calling her for dinner.
![Amelia](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7862/33296068998_9d5ea14297_b.jpg)
Back atop the Christodora, Amelia is on the left and Christo is on the right:
![Amelia and Christo](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7853/33296071208_0502cfac9c_b.jpg)
Just after sunset, a kestrel flew over the hawk pair as they watched over the park.
![Amelia, Christo and a kestrel](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7916/33296072028_c3e86ed53f_b.jpg)
You can see more recent hawk photos on my Flickr page.
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