The Red-tailed Hawks of Washington Square Park, NYC… mostly
Below is video footage I took when visiting Bobby and Rosie in Washington Square Park on March 9th and 11th. I used a handheld point-and-shoot I happened to have on me at the time.
In the footage you see Bobby twigging (gathering material for the nest), going to the nest, mating with Rosie on a rooftop terrace on the 11th, and Rosie moving from the terrace to the Judson Memorial Church cross.
As promised, at long last is my account of Day 6 of my Tasmania birding tour (a trip taken in November of 2012!).
The evening of Day 5 left me at Mountain Valley Wilderness Reserve where we got to see Tasmanian Devils eat fresh meat left for them on our cabin porches.
In the morning I awoke to the sight of a wild Tasmanian Native Hen family outside:
