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

Month: September 2014

No notable birds to speak of – September 29th, 2014

There weren’t any notable birds during my outing today. I didn’t see Rosie or Bobby or any migrating birds either.

My search for the Red-tailed Hawks expanded to a few blocks south of the fire escape/Cable Building because I had seen them flying above that southern area a few times over the last month and a half.

I was curious to see if they were hanging out in that new neighborhood during this non-breeding season (especially since looking for them in Washington Square Park hasn’t been successful for me and a couple of fellow Hawk-watchers for about two weeks now).

All that remained of the dead pigeon from a few days ago was a small puff of feathers:

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No Hawks but Fall bird migration brings nice sights – September 22nd, 2014

Today was the third day in a week I’ve been out birding to search for the Washington Square Park Red-tailed Hawks.

I did see one of them for a few seconds on Wednesday, September 17th as it flew overhead when I was approaching the Mercer Street/Cable Building fire escape but I didn’t have my camera ready so I missed getting any shots of it which was a drag. It flew past the fire escape and down toward the park. I looked all around for it but never got to see it again. And I couldn’t tell which Hawk it was unfortunately.

It has been a week since I last saw Rosie and two weeks and a day since I’ve seen Bobby. I’ve come to find that this is a pattern with them each mid-September. I’d go over a week without seeing either of the Red-tails and then they’d show up and stick around on a more regular basis.

I got to see two fall bird migrants today which was nice. I saw a female American Redstart for a few seconds then a female Common Yellowthroat.

Female Common Yellowthroat Warbler flitting about some brush:

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