A pair of Red tailed Hawks has once again built a nest in the heart of downtown Portland.

Last spring, the raptors reared a pair of baby hawks in a nest outside an office building 11 stories above a busy downtown street. This year, three eggs have been laid in the nest.

For the second year, KGW and the Portland Audubon Society have partnered together to provide a safe view of this wildlife in the city via a live web camera.

New this year, that camera features live streaming video.

Live: View KGW Audubon Raptor Cam

"That's the female," says Dieter Waiblinger, who has a bird's eye view as he watches from his office window.

The female is protective because her three eggs are tucked in the nest just one floor below on a fire escape.

Waiblinger is used to the hawks. Last year, they made their home right outside his office window. He admits it was hard to concentrate as he photographed the two eggs hatching and the nestlings making their first flight.

Photo Gallery: Hawk chicks from birth to flight

That nest is still outside Waiblinger’s window. It’s now tattered and torn, unsuitable for new eggs.

Despite the noisy road construction, the hawks built another nest on the same fire escape 11 floors up and one floor below Waiblinger’s office.

The move took away Waiblinger’s bird’s eye view but increased his productivity.

"I’m able to get more work done than last year," he said.

"For these birds, this building serves as a cliff and the fire escape serves as a ledge. They brought in sticks and made their nest on this urban ledge," said Bob Sallinger with the Portland Audubon Society.

Now Waiblinger and everyone else can watch what happens on that urban ledge in real time on the KGW / Audubon Raptor Cam. KGW engineers installed the camera at a safe distance on the fire escape, since the nest is protected. That’s why the video is seen through bars.

"We'll have a chance to watch them take their first flight and their first prey so it should be a real exciting ride," said Sallinger.

Raptor Blog: Latest news on the nest

Waiblinger watched the hawks become parents last year at the same time he became a dad.

“You really make sure everything is prepared, the same as the birds have done," he said.

Only one of the bird’s survived last year. With three due in early April, Waiblinger hopes they will all make it.