Month: January 2012

The last time I saw Bobby and Rosie, Bobby would fly away from Rosie consistently when she would join him at a tree. On Saturday, he was more obviously accepting of her presence. They sat together on a tree, he fully allowed her to run free as she zipped around the park hunting or otherwise getting more acquainted with the park, they met at the nest, perched on the same building, and he even created a diversion from a dive-bombing peregrine falcon so she could fly without harassment. Unfortunately, she did have to deal with an air assault from a peregrine at one point but no harm was done. But all in all, it was pretty fascinating to watch him watch her. He was very mellow as he sat on high branches and watched her cavorting around the park below him.

When I first got to the park I saw what at first might be a hawk on a popular building top but it turned out to be a peregrine:

Continue to the full post… “Bobby and Rosie, true park mates – January 14, 2012”

It was a gray day and I only half expected to see colorful birds during my brief walk. I guess I was trying to manage expectations. I was happy to see more than I anticipated.

A fair cardinal lass:

Continue to the full post… “Central park birdies walk on January 11, 2012”

From today’s adventure in Washington Square Park, it seemed as though Rosie was more interested in palling around than Bobby was. They perched and ate separately but during the later part of the day Rosie followed Bobby around from tree to tree while he didn’t seem to be all that interested in hanging out closely with her.

Rosie and Bobby closer to the center of the park than usual:

Rosie

Continue to the full post… “Bobby and Rosie still not quite romantic – January 8, 2012”