The Red-tailed Hawks of Washington Square Park, NYC… mostly
Well, it took 6 visits (over the course of 13 days) but I finally got to see both Washington Square Park fledglings at the same time today. The last time I saw them both was on June 11th.
I saw the first one on a building top on Mercer Street between Waverly Place and Washington Place:
Continue to the full post… “Both WSP fledglings having a preen – June 24th, 2014”
I watched the Washington Square Park Hawks for about 2 ½ hours today. I got to see Rosie, Bobby, and one of the fledglings.
The first Hawk I saw was Bobby, being dive-bombed by a Mockingbird (as usual!):
Continue to the full post… “A fledgling in a flower pot – June 21st, 2014”
I visited Washington Square Park yesterday but did not see either fledgling before the rain forced me to leave early in my visit.
A fellow Hawk-watcher saw one of the fledglings this morning but I was not so lucky.However I did see Rosie and Bobby in fine form today.
I first found Bobby by his shadow. I was glancing at some construction going on outside of what’s called Merchant’s House Museum on 4th Street between Bowery and Lafayette Street. All of a sudden I saw a huge bird’s shadow pass over the side of the museum. I looked up to see Bobby circling above. He was circling above the same corner I saw him above on April 18th:
Continue to the full post… “Rosie and Bobby share a rat – June 20th, 2014”