Month: September 2013

I saw a Hawk circling above Washington Square Park when I was a block east from the park but didn’t have my camera out yet so I didn’t get to photograph it before I lost sight of it.

I searched throughout the park and neighboring buildings for close to two hours but never got to see the Hawk again.

A fellow Hawk-watcher had seen Bobby early this morning so at least someone got to have a good look at the park Hawks today.

I was content to watch some bees gathering pollen along the northern park fence:

Continue to the full post… “Missed Hawk but busy bees – September 9th, 2013”

Bobby and Rosie are back to being in Washington Square Park more frequently now and a few of us Hawkers got to spend a nice long day with them. I was there for about five and a half hours but it didn’t seem so long since it was fun to see what they would do next and it had been so long since I had seen them in action.

I first saw Rosie flying around the apartment buildings outside the northern border of the park less than ten minutes after I had arrived:

Continue to the full post… “Long day with Rosie and Bobby – September 7th, 2013”

A two-hour search for the Washington Square Park Hawks today was fruitless for me. A fellow Hawk-watcher had spotted a Hawk on NYU’s Silver Center about an hour and a half before I arrived at the park so at least one was confirmed to be in the area. The same Hawk-watcher also had the happy luck to see Bobby and Rosie occasionally over the last few days so at least we know they are still regularly frequenting the park.

The most interesting part of my visit was when I watched and heard two Blue Jays calling and responding to each other and following each other about from the trees, to Silver Center, and then north out of sight. They didn’t sound upset or stressed out. It seemed more a case of them keeping tabs on each others’ whereabouts and staying close by each other.

Listening to its friend’s call: