The Red-tailed Hawks of Washington Square Park, NYC… mostly
If you live in New York City it’s always a good idea to glance up from time to time at the building tops because you never know when you’ll see a Red-tailed Hawk.
As I was walking in the Lower East Side of Manhattan to meet a friend I was going to visit Washington Square Park with, I glanced up and saw a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk perched atop an apartment building’s vent cover:
I did not go a-Hawkin’ today but did stop by the Red Roost Inn (Rosie and Bobby’s regular evening roost) on my way home tonight. One of the Hawks was all tucked in, looking fast asleep. It was a beautiful sight to see. My friend and I looked through the Washington Square Park trees to see if the other Hawk was roosting in one of them but no, it was obviously sleeping elsewhere.
Earlier in the day:
The juvenile Red-tailed Hawk I saw perched across from my apartment building a couple of times before in the last week and a half was back!
Sorry about the poor quality of these photos but I was shooting through a window:
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