The Red-tailed Hawks of Washington Square Park, NYC… mostly
A fellow Hawk-watcher saw Rosie and Bobby eating on a building across the southern border of Washington Square Park this morning.
I was en route to the park this afternoon when I saw a large bird landing in a tree diagonally across the street from me in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. It was a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk:
Continue to the full post… “Hawk Juvenile in the LES and then Bobby at bedtime – January 17th, 2014”
I was heading to Washington Square Park by way of East 3rd Street when I saw a rounded, dark shape poking up above an NYU apartment building (one block south from the park). I walked closer so I could get a better look and was pleased to see that it was the top of Rosie’s head!
She didn’t look like she was hunting (although a flock of pigeons live in the courtyard of that building). She looked more like she was relaxing, soaking up the last of today’s sun rays.
Continue to the full post… “Rosie perched high then roosting with Bobby – January 15th, 2014”
A fallen branch on the lawn was a good reminder to be careful under the park trees:
Continue to the full post… “Bobby and Rosie at roosting time – January 12th, 2014”