Below is what I posted just before 5:00PM this afternoon before I visited the park:
Thanks to a friend who’s in Washington Square Park now and sending me play-by-plays, I can now share a report of what Bobby and Rosie have been hunting and eating.
2:44PM: Either Bobby or Rosie caught a rat and ate it.
2:53PM: Rosie and Bobby sat together in a tree.
3:02PM: Both Rosie and Bobby began to hunt. Bobby missed catching prey at first. He then flew to a tree by a path on the western side of the park we call the “Pigeon Path” (where locals feed a flock of resident pigeons). Rosie searched for prey in the northwest corner of the park.
3:10PM: Bobby caught a squirrel in the southwest area of the park we call “Quantico”. It’s called that because that is where he taught Pip and his last two kids how to hunt.
3:27PM: Rosie flew by Bobby as he had his squirrel in a tree. Bobby mantled, or protectively covered, his catch with his wings (shielding it from her). She left him.
4:21PM: Rosie hunted in the southwest corner of the park.
4:36PM: Rosie caught a rat inside Quantico.
I hope to be able to leave work soon and get down to the park myself. The rain has held off so far but we have a 50% chance of thunderstorms and rain showers over the next few hours.
Update:
Below is what I observed in the park after work today. It was cloudy but not yet raining.
Bobby was in a tree at Quantico. He avoided a squirrel that was on his branch:
