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

Hawkless park visit – September 23rd, 2013

A scene from The Carrie Diaries TV show was being shot outside the northeastern corner of Washington Square Park today (Miss AnnaSophia Robb in the skirt on the left in the photo below). I don’t usually photograph film sets (and I don’t happen to watch this show) but I have to admit I was digging seeing the 80s “period” clothing of the other actors:

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Trap, dead (poisoned?) rat, other updates – September 20th, 2013

A fellow Hawk-watcher informed me that one of the Washington Square Park Red-tailed Hawks was bringing nesting material to the Bobst Library nest yesterday morning so that was nice to hear.

Another Hawk-watcher let me know that one of the Hawks was seen perched atop a building along Washington Square West before it flew southwest.

I did not see either Rosie or Bobby during the two hours I was at the park today but I did come across other sights and I have updates I wanted to share.

At one point I almost stepped on the old remains of a pigeon on one of the northwestern park lawns. It must have either fallen from the branch above or was eaten by one of the Hawks on the lawn.

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