Month: June 2012

Pouring rain all afternoon and night yesterday hindered my ability to visit the Washington Square Park Red-tailed Hawk family. The skies were clear when I left work today so I headed to the park to see how the Hawks were faring.

Both fledglings were palling around together in “Quantico”. They were hopping and flapping and flying about as well as play-killing branches that were on the ground.

The first fledgling I saw (or F1):

Continue to the full post… “Fledglings palling around in their playground – June 13th, 2012”

3:35PM. A Hawk-watching friend who wished to remain anonymous gave me permission to post what was observed in Washington Square Park this morning between the two hawk babies and Rosie.

One of the juveniles flew from a park tree to the ground and landed on a rat. It was unclear whether the little Hawk killed the rat or pounced on a body that had been left behind. In either case, the juvenile grabbed the rat with her talons and kicked at it several times, seemingly to make sure it was dead. It was around this point when Rosie flew to a nearby tree to observe the goings-on.

Continue to the full post… “The Hawk juveniles are advancing into “killer” mode – June 13th, 2012″

Rosie flew to a tree right near me as I was setting up my camera equipment when I arrived at Washington Square Park. Hello!

Continue to the full post… “Rosie hunting, fledglings mingling, Bobby guarding – June 11th, 2012”