The Red-tailed Hawks of Washington Square Park, NYC… mostly
The only Washington Square Park Red-tailed Hawk I saw during the course of an hour and a half today was Bobby. And I only saw him for a few seconds as he flew along the southern edge of the park.
Continue to the full post… “Bobby Hawk for a few seconds – July 12th, 2013”
I wasn’t seeing any sign of the Washington Square Park Red-tailed Hawks the first fifteen minutes I was in the park today so instead of continuing a search for them in the heat, I stood still and waited for glimpses of their movements in the trees.
The tactic paid off because I soon saw one of the fledglings moving about in the tree far across from me. It was trying to get away from a harassing Mockingbird.
The fledgling is on the horizontal branch below the upper central window:
Bobby was the first Hawk I saw in Washington Square Park this morning.
He was in one of his and Rosie’s favored trees at the western side of the park, above the area still undergoing renovation.
Continue to the full post… “Fledgling then Bobby eating a rat – July 5th, 2013”