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

Neighborhood Kestrel nest – August 15th, 2014

I spotted the Kestrel I’ve been seeing in my neighborhood lately as he flew across my street when I was walking home yesterday (the 14th). He had been flying from the building I’ve seen him on outside my kitchen window over the last few weeks.

It was probably the same Kestrel that was harassing a Red-tail late last month because all of this action has been taking place within a two block radius.

I followed the Kestrel’s flight path and spotted him sitting by his nest:

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Two petitions that seek to ban second generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs) in New York State

As a follow-up to my post last month about recent conservationists’ efforts to have the rodenticide that poses a grave danger for Red-tailed Hawks (among other wildlife) banned in New York, here are two petitions I hope you will sign to assist in these efforts:

http://action.biologicaldiversity.org/o/2167/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=16269

Here is an excellent report and synopsis of this petition (it is a large pdf document but worth the read): http://earthjustice.org/sites/default/files/files/2014-7-28_NY_SGAR_Petition.pdf

The second petition is: http://www.care2.com/causes/new-yorks-getting-pushed-to-ban-poisons-that-are-killing-wildlife.html#ixzz393pvUEzo