The Red-tailed Hawks of Washington Square Park, NYC… mostly
It was four times the charm when it came to getting the rescued fledgling back into the Washington Square Park trees today.
Bobby Horvath about to try to place the fledgling in one of the eastern trees:
Continue to the full post… “The return of the Washington Square Park fledgling – June 10th, 2014”
This just in: WINORR (Wildlife in Need of Rescue and Rehabilitation) has updated their Facebook page with an update on the Washington Square Park fledgling taken into their care yesterday. All seems well!
“Next the Washington Square Park fledgling we received yesterday appears healthy . He will be x rayed tomorrow just to be safe while we have him but hes got a huge appetite as well as an attitude .Hes very mouthy and footy as far as redtails go. There is 1 issue presently he has lost 2 flight feathers somehow. Possibly when he entered the window ? they broke or he chewed them off as will sometimes occur if they are badly bent or broken and painfull weve seen birds chew them off . Now there is just about an inch stub of a shaft where the feather used to be. Obviously wed prefer him to have all his feathers intact. If all is well with him we will return him to a tree in the park this week and have no doubt his family will accept him like he never left once he cries for food. Hell have a little catching up to do with his sibling from his short time in captivity but no damage done. Thank you to everyone for your well wishes and thoughts. This is just the first week of many that young city raptors will be falling from the sky that people will encounter .”
A big thanks to the Horvaths for their dedication to wildlife. Please take a moment, if you wish, to send them a donation as they mainly rely on funding from the public for their efforts. Donations can be sent to them at:
WINORR, 202 N. Wyoming Avenue, N. Massapequa, N.Y. 11758
A fellow Hawk-watcher got to see Rosie feed the fledgling who is still in Washington Square Park a few minutes before I arrived this morning.
Rosie fed the fledgling on the same Silver Center ‘dinner table’Violet would feed Pip atback in 2011.
Yes, that particular ledge is as good a spot as any for a feeding since it is wide and flat but I foundit rather touching and remarkable that these two different mothers used the very same ledge to feed their young. And being the softie that I am, the memory made me sad all over again for Violet in that moment.
Rosie:
Continue to the full post… “Rosie and fledgling, post-meal – June 8th, 2014”