After meeting up with several other long-time faithful hawk-watchers in Washington Square Park early this evening, we split up into teams to search for red-tails. I suggested to my partner that we walk along West 3rd Street where Bobby and Violet have been known to perch on occasion. I turned my head to the left for a last glance across West 4th Street when -woah! I think that big bird down the street is a hawk!- Yup, it was Bobby, feasting on a bird. That’s how it can be sometimes; a red-tail could be on a brand new perch anywherein the vicinity and in a blink, you could miss seeing it.
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