Plaza Male and Octavia were soaring together when I arrived at the Southeastern corner of Central Park today.
Plaza Male:
Octavia:
Together:
She flew north (perhaps back to her and Pale Male’s nest).
Plaza Male flew over 59th Street, the street along the southern border of the park. He was heading west:
Spot the Hawk (answer at the bottom of this post!*):
He started to land at the Ritz-Carlton but decided against it and kept going west:
I ventured north to Pale Male’s territory.
Downy Woodpecker working away:
Pale Male’s nest:
I stood across from and under the nest for about an hour but saw no Hawk action.
I walked back south to Plaza Male’s territory.
I saw him on his Sherry-Netherland perch when I was a few blocks north of Grand Army Plaza:
He was pretty relaxed so I went downtown to visit Washington Square Park to see if I could catch Bobby and Rosie during a nest switch.
I was out of luck. I didn’t get to see Bobby or Rosie in action the hour I was at WSP. It was getting pretty chilly and it had already been a long day so I and a friend left the park.
*Answer to the ‘Spot the Hawk’ from above:
