Month: August 2012

I haven’t seen a single Red-tailed Hawk the last two days. Despite spending a few hours yesterday and today between Washington Square Park and Union Square Park and the blocks in between and beyond, no Hawks were to be found.

I tried searching for Hawks at different times of the day to improve my chances of a sighting but luck was not with me so this morning I spent some time with a couple of cute Sparrows.

Continue to the full post… “Hawkless Sparrow love – August 17th, 2012”

We had scattered rainstorms today in New York City. Luckily, my lunch break outing to Central Park was a relatively dry affair.

Northern Flicker:

Continue to the full post… “Rainy day Southeastern Central Park Hawks – August 15th, 2012”

Yesterday was full of bad timing for me Hawking-wise. I saw no Hawks during my lunch hour walk around the southeastern corner of Central Park, nor any Hawks after work in Washington Square Park and Union Square Park (or in the sky between the parks).

What was fun was seeing two Hawks soaring above the southeastern part of the park yesterday from one of my building’s office windows the day before. It was just a shame I didn’t have the chance to assemble my camera and take some snaps before they headed further north. There is one primary Hawk that frequents that area of the park (and which I regularly photograph). It was nice to see it soaring peacefully in circles with a companion and watching them fly away together. I hadn’t seen it with a companion for some time.