Red-tailed Hawk landing on nest, Bobst Library, NYU, New York City

Pip Sighting! Watch her fly! June 30, 2011

It was comical the way we found Pip tonight. She was on top of the same building she had been on since the day she fledged. We were so busy watching Bobby on top of the American Flag pole. All of a sudden I noticed a small shape of something dark and different between two structures on the building’s roof and I cried out, “Ooh!” Within a millisecond, she began to move and make herself more obvious. She caught a gust of wind which carried her aloft and to the top of the antenna dish Violet has been favoring. Within several seconds she flew.. FLEW(!) from her perch atop the dish, across the street, and to the roof of the first building on the other side.

Bobby Flying off NYU Building – June 29, 2011

Here is a brief glimpse of Bobby as he takes off from a perch high atop an NYU building overlooking Washington Square Park. The light from the setting sun really made his amber feathers glow, didn’t it?