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

The Plaza Hawk female is Pale Male’s mate Octavia – February 22nd, 2013

I’ve been suspecting for weeks that the female Red-tailed Hawk that’s been perching, soaring, and mating at Central Park’s Grand Army Plaza and The Plaza Hotel/apartment building is Pale Male’s current mate Octavia.

It was her general coloring, markings, but especially the black tip on one of her tail feathers that was too close to Octavia’s to convince me they had to be the same bird. My suspicions plagued me though because I did not yet have a photo that proved them to be the same bird.. until the 20th when I took the photo below:

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