Plaza Hotel nest site:
Still very twiggy:
Sparrow enjoying a sand bath on the path I was on:
Preening Mallard:
Ah, the Wood Duck I’ve become quite fond of:
I kept checking the side of The Plaza and other familiar perches for the Southeastern Central Park Red-tailed Hawks.
One finally flew from the north, towards the Sherry-Netherland Hotel and GM Building:
It dropped down toward the Plaza but didn’t land:
It disappeared northeast.
Shadow of the Sherry-Netherland:
The Hawk returned:
Descending on The Plaza again:
Off the Plaza and headed northwest:
It was pretty cold and breezy out so I headed back inside as soon as the Hawk disappeared. I had decent sightings in the span of those forty minutes.