Month: June 2011

Here we see Bobby on the hunt on the Eastern side of Washington Square Park to feed baby Pip. He searched for a few minutes until he spotted a rat on the ground among some plants, snatched it in one second, then killed or maimed it before flying it to Pip for her dinner. Footage I took on Friday, June 24th.

Pip’s post-fledge life has been spent with her parents at a new building overlooking Washington Square Park. In this video you see her walking along a ledge rain gutter, associating with Bobby, flying from perch to perch, and watching Violet as she lands on the building.

The family is tight-knit. Pip’s parents are always either with her or watching over her as she adapts to her new surroundings. Footage taken Friday, June 24, 2011.

A group of regular Pipsters were with me early this evening to see how the family was doing. Well, they were doing great! Mom and Bobby watched over little Pip as she walked along her building top, flapped around, and flew short distances. Violet spent most of the time on a building overlooking Pip’s perch while Bobby spent most of the time further West in the park. Bobby soon showed up to hunt for dinner. He swooped into the park trees, then landed on the ground right in front of us to grab a rat. He took the rat to a nearby tree, killed or maimed it, then flew it right to where Pip had retired. Below are photos for now. The video footage will be posted in an upcoming post!

New big, wide, perch to enjoy:

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