The Red-tailed Hawks of Washington Square Park, NYC… mostly
I felt great relief today when I saw both WSP fledglings after days of not seeing both of them together. They appeared to be thriving beautifully. I was shocked to see them both at the park and not absent for good, in search of their own territory.
The first fledgling was on a terrace at Two Fifth Avenue:
Continue to the full post… “Both Washington Square Park fledglings palling around – July 25th, 2012”
4:50PM. WINORR (Wildlife in Need of Rescue and Rehabilitation) provided this update on Pale Male’s fledgling in their care about 20 minutes ago:
Continue to the full post… “Update on Pale Male’s recovering fledgling – July 25th, 2012”
Due to the Central Park fledglings’ recent illness, I was moved to once again to reach out to Parks Department (and now other NYC authorities) on the matter of using rodenticide (specifically the anticoagulant variety) in city parks and to suggest alternatives. No one knows for sure what is causing the fledglings’ illnesses but it is as good a time as any to at least try to invoke change to the current policy.
As the policy is now, the use of rodenticide in Washington Square Park is stopped only during the time between the eggs hatching and the babies’ fledging.
Continue to the full post… “Letter to various authorities regarding the use of rodenticide”