Some resident birds will use the same nest for many years then move to a new one a short distance from their old nest. Many hawks will have to build new nests every spring as the great horned owl uses the hawks previous nests as his new home. Soaring is a favorite pastime, all one has to do is look up into the sky or near the bluffs and catch a hawk soaring gracefully through the sky. These hawks catch what is called a thermal. This happens when the winds are 10-20 miles an hour, and horizontal winds are deflected upward, creating drafts.
Hawks only feed during the daylight hours.
Sunrise finds the hawks perched in a tree looking for their breakfast. At times you can catch both the male and female perched together on the same branch. If the air is to calm for soaring they will be perched high in a tree dozing in the afternoon sun or hunting. Towards early evening until dusk the hawk will again be found perched on a high limb of a tree or telephone pole looking for his last meal for the day. Both the male and female construct the nest together.