The Red-tailed Hawks of Washington Square Park, NYC… mostly
I first saw one of the Southeastern Red-tailed Hawks fly to a window a couple of blocks west of the Plaza nest. (Correction 02/01: this building is several buildings west of The Plaza but not two blocks west).
There was plant material on the ledge. Was this window a former test site for these Hawks’ nest? Or is it still in the running?
The more tan Hawk with a twig in its beak:
Continue to the full post… “CP Hawks’ nest sites and Bobby and Rosie sightings – January 30th, 2013”
Both Bobby and Rosie were reported doing well in Washington Square Park this morning. One was at first perched on a building along the park. Both Hawks then wound up in the trees of the park (at one point on a very low branch).
My outing to Central Park today was not so lucky Hawking-wise but I did enjoy seeing the Wood Duck that’s been staying at The Pond and a couple of Cardinals.
Plaza nest:
Continue to the full post… “Bobby and Rosie in WSP, Hawklessness in CP – January 29th, 2013”
I was photographing a Robin in a tree when I heard the familiar sound of a Kestrel attacking a foe.
I looked through the tree’s foliage and saw a Cooper’s Hawk on the roof of NYU housing two blocks south of Washington Square Park:
Continue to the full post… “Cooper’s Hawk by Washington Square Park – January 27th, 2013”