Red-tailed Hawk landing on nest, Bobst Library, NYU, New York City

Peregrine Falcon seen from my kitchen window – July 24th, 2014

I was not able to bird in Washington Square Park to look for the resident Red-tailed Hawks today but the sight of a Peregrine Falcon from my kitchen window (in lower Manhattan) this morning nicely made up for it.

The bird stayed on its perch for an hour and fifteen minutes. At one point I pulled a folding chair into my kitchen so I could watch more comfortably. You can’t get much better than that!

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WSP fledgling and mama Rosie – July 22nd, 2014

I spent about three hours in and around Washington Square Park with a fledgling and Rosie today.

I saw the first Red-tailed Hawk sitting atop a chimney vent on one of the Washington Square Village towers (apartment buildings a block south of the park). It was overlooking Sasaki Garden (where fellow Hawk-watchers and I observed a fledgling hunting a couple of weekends ago).

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