Seems one of my office’s local red-tailed hawks and I had our lunches around the same time Thursday because when I found it after my lunch break at the outskirts of Central Park, it had a nice full crop; indicating it had eaten a big meal shortly beforehand.
This photo was included to show the rounded shape of its engorged crop:
Solow Building (9 West 57th St.) in the background, The Plaza (Fifth Ave at Central Park South) in the foreground:
Flying toward the Crown Building’s grand finial (730 Fifth Avenue):
Soaring past The Plaza:
Crown Building:
Coming in for a landing at The Plaza:
Balled foot:
The king of all it surveys:
Starlings nearby singing brightly:
Elmo and Cookie Monster enjoyed a stroll in the park:
