The Red-tailed Hawks of Washington Square Park, NYC… mostly
The first WSP Hawk baby fledged yesterday afternoon (June 2nd), only a few hours after I had left the park.
I spent all day in the park today to see how the fledgling was doing and to see how the other bird still in the nest was faring.
The nest Hawk was peacefully preening when I arrived:
Continue to the full post… “First WSP Fledging – June 3rd, 2014”
I was approaching Washington Square Park from the east and was only a block from the park, walking along West 4th Street, when I happened looked to my right as I approached the intersection of West 4th and Greene Streets and saw Bobby flying toward me along Greene. I stopped in my tracks and watched as he flew silently above me, turned the corner, got onto my street (West 4th), and headed toward the park. Pretty good!
He flew to the buildings facing the eastern side of the park. Rosie had been on the cross all this time. She hopped off the cross and followed him to the east side. They circled above the park for a few seconds before I lost them both.
The two babies were hunkered down and sleeping so I looked for Bobby or Rosie.
I saw Rosie on NYU’s Kimmel Center (a building along the southern border of the park) a few minutes later:
Continue to the full post… “WSP Hawk babies still more hoppy than fledgy – June 2nd, 2014”