Quote Originally Posted by OATS View Post
Gregory, interesting to me that she seems so calm on the nest with a drone hovering above her. I'd thought of using this method to look into goshawks nests and those of cliff nesting raptors but was concerned about the drone being attacked and ending up with an injured parent bird(s). Any aggression occurring? What species have you looked in on and what range are you typically at when shooting? Thanks for the help.
Sorry, I didn't see this before.

I watched 3 red tail and 3 cooper nests this year with it, pics and video clips from all. I had no "close calls" I had one female red tail after the hatch leave the nest into a soar and yell at the drone but never more than "intimidation" tactics. One male coops would come into and buzz, but never get closer than around 20'. If the male showed up I would simply take a vertical climb and return the drone and land.

Nesting females showed no interest in leaving the nest or what the drone was doing. In fact, I even have a video clip of a mother red tail bringing food in and standing on the nest feeding week old chicks.