The Red-tailed Hawks of Washington Square Park, NYC… mostly
One of the fledglings was crying constantly but my fellow Hawk-watchers and I couldn’t find it at first.
Bobby flew to the north-facing side of Shimkin (a building outside the southeastern corner of the park):
Continue to the full post… “Fledgling gets fed, becomes boisterous with mom – July 12th, 2015”
The fledglings are now exploring and cavorting about the Washington Square Park trees.
A fellow Hawk-watcher and I spent close to three hours hanging out with the kids today, following them from tree to tree and one side of the park to the other.
We first searched the eastern buildings for the fledglings but there was no sign of them so we looked for them in the park.
Mama Sadie was the first Hawk I saw. She was sitting on the building that sits outside the southwest corner of the park:
Continue to the full post… “Both fledglings in the park trees – July 10th, 2015”
I’ve been tied up the last few days and haven’t ‘birded’ but a fellow Hawk-watcher visited the Washington Square Park Hawk family and sent me some updates.
The fledglings are doing great. They have been flying and perching around the east-side buildings and expanding their territory. My friend has seen them perched on buildings one block further south, north, and east from buildings I’ve ever seen them.
Hawk parents Bobby and Sadie have been seen regularly around the fledglings.
Below are some ‘bonus shots’ of photos I took on June 19th, when the second fledgling was still stuck on the Pless window ledges. A few people from inside the building took photos of the fledgling. The fledgling seemed curious about the people for a little while then would run away from them.
Continue to the full post… “Updates on the fledglings and bonus photos from June 19th”