I watched Bobby and Rosie in one of the shadiest parts of Washington Square Park for about an hour and a half today.
I saw Rosie about half an hour after I had arrived:
Bobby then appeared, flying to a much higher tree branch than hers but in the same area:
Rosie dropped down to low foliage:
She didn’t catch anything.
She then flew to a very low branch. She happened to land in the last tree Violet ever perched in:
She was so fast when she flew off his tree, a couple that was watching her didn’t even register her flight at first:
Bobby then left his branch:
He tried for prey:
No luck:
Rosie stirred and looked at something intently but she didn’t go after it:
Bobby scanned some more:
He dove down and soon flew up with a rat:
The rat must have been fighting for its life because Bobby had to quickly descend to the ground (perhaps to get a better grip on it):
The flash of his red tail feathers marked where he landed:
As predicted, Rosie flew right to him and his food. Bobby escaped her and took his food to a new tree:
Rosie swung around and landed in a tree behind me:
Bobby began to eat:
From what I can tell, Washington Square Park still does not use rodenticide in its rat traps (out of protection for the Hawks).
Rosie watched him eat:
He ate the rat in three minutes.
Wiping up:
Rosie joined him at his tree:
Bobby flew to a nearby tree two minutes later:
Then to another:
Judson Memorial Church’s cross in the distance:
Bobby then flew to the trees further southwest, scaring up the pigeons that live in that section:
Rosie made her way out of the trees (flying east then south):
I waited twenty minutes to see if Bobby would catch one of the pigeons for a later meal:
But he left the park too:
I looked for him and Rosie but didn’t find them again.