– No WSP Red-tailed Hawks were seen by the little search party I was in last night after work. We searched for a good couple of hours in various parks and blocks in between (scanned rooftops, water towers, etc.) to no avail.
– Over the last couple of weeks, Bobby and Rosie have been seen bringing twigs to a new location; a window ledge at NYU’s Shimkin Hall, a building next door to Bobst Library. They have been bringing the nesting material to the ledge regularly, sometimes a few times in one day. It’s said that Red-tailed Hawks often have a ‘secondary’ nest that they build for various reasons; to trick predators into thinking that’s their primary nest, to use as a back-up if necessary, or for other reasons no one can know for sure but this is not unusual behavior and it doesn’t necessarily mean Bobby and Rosie will lay eggs there. The window ledge is wide and deep so if chosen, it looks like it would be a good alternative to the current nest location.
