I work at the medical center, and one of my colleagues watched the nest
being built and the pair courting. Apparently a raccoon was seen
climbing the tree, and the birds haven't been back since. That was about
3 weeks ago.

On Mon, 17 Apr 1995, David Wilbur wrote:

> Has anyone else seen the large nest at the SE end of the UW campus? (If
> this has been discussed already sorry, I've been out of town) It's
> reported to be a GBH nest but in two days of looking I've yet to see an
> inhabitant. The nest is located in a flat topped blue spruce in a copse
> of trees just to the SE of the Medical Center's EC Wing (near the
> emergency entrance). There is a marvelous view point, a lounge on the 8th
> floor looking out and down onto the nest from 80-100 yards away.
> What interests me is how close this is to human activity. It's the
> closest to a road I've ever seen. Of course maybe that's why I havnt seen
> an inhabitant, it may have been built and then abandoned. I'll let ya all
> know if the I see anybody home.
>
> David Wilbur dowilbur at u.washington.edu
>
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