“Hawks in the City” is an award-winning short documentary that reveals life on the edge for two urban red-tailed hawks who built their nest on a window ledge of the Franklin Institute. The film was executive produced by Maggie Burnette Stogner for the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. “Hawks in the City” won a TIVA Peer Award and was one of two films selected to screen in the 2013 Annapolis Film Festival Environmental Showcase.
You can watch the full documentary here!
Each year, the hawks return to the nest to lay a new hatch. The Franklin Institute installed a webcam to follow their progress. Watch it here.