Red-tailed Hawk landing on nest, Bobst Library, NYU, New York City

Southeastern Central Park Hawks and Ducks – December 5th, 2012

One of the best parts about regularly following birds like the Southeastern Central Park Red-tailed Hawks is learning their regular perches and behavior.

I spent a little over half an hour in the park this afternoon with the Hawks and other local birds. Since I knew from experience that one of the Hawks likes to perch on the north-facing side of The Plaza, it was the first place I looked.

The Hawk was there, sitting on the same exact perch as on November 30th:

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Day 4: Tasmania birding tour – Cradle Mountain, Strahan, Burnie

On day four we woke up at our Cradle Mountain lodge. It was early morning and the fog was lifting from the pond on site:

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Southeastern Central Park Hawks and company – December 3rd, 2012

I don’t always have the chance to but today I got outside during lunch to enjoy the warmer than usual weather. I headed straight to the southeastern area of Central Park to look for its resident Red-tailed Hawks. I saw one of the Hawks dive off the Sherry-Netherland Hotel (a regular perch of theirs) as soon as I was a block from the park.

One of the Hawks:

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