The Red-tailed Hawks of Washington Square Park, NYC… mostly
It was a pretty exciting day today. I got to see F2 hunt for the first time. I suspected that it had caught the rodent I saw it eating a couple of days ago but didn’t see the catch with my own eyes.
Continue to the full post… “Fledgling hunts and kills a rat – July 18th, 2015”
Today was a good fledgling-watching day. A fellow Hawk-watcher and I spent a couple of hours in Washington Square Park enjoying some good Hawking while almost everyone else around us were doing their own thing and were oblivious to the existence of the raptor(s).
Today was also special because it was full of the closest fledgling encounters I’ve had this season so far.
Continue to the full post… “Fledgling zips around the trees, eats a rodent – July 16th, 2015”
A fellow Hawk-watcher has seen both fledglings doing great over the last few days. They’ve been zipping through the trees, perching on buildings east of Washington Square Park, and even one fledgling eating on a building a block south of the park.
Below are bonus photos I took July 12th. The House Finch pair that’s been palling around with F2 (the second Hawk to have fledged) perched on Silver with the fledgling.
The male, sitting on the corner:
