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

Month: July 2011

July 4th is a banner day: Pip is now in the trees!

Happy Fourth of July, everyone! Today is truly a day to mark the calendars; Pip has now flown into the park, from tree to tree, and back ‘home’ to the building tops again. She has successfully jumped yet one more hurdle in her development.

She was confirmed spotted in the trees of Washington Square Park just before 9:30AM this morning. A couple visiting the park last night thought they saw her in the trees then but since we couldn’t confirm that, we may have to withhold judgement and just say that she was confirmed to be in the trees today.

Below are the pics I managed to take when I got to the park around 12:45PM today.

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PIP FIX! Pip footage from July 1, 2011

We didn’t see Pip yesterday (July 3rd) but not to worry; I planned ahead and compiled a bit of Pip footage from a few days ago to post for anyone needing a Pip fix. She is quite fetching and adorable. At the end of the last clip you see Bobby eating a pigeon in the lower left-hand side of the frame.

Screen shots of Pip during takeoff

Below are stills taken from Pip footage I took on July 1st. Her takeoff was incredibly fast so out of curiosity, I paused the film at the crucial liftoff moments to see how it looked. She never fails to impress!