Month: August 2015

Urban Parks Ranger Rob Mastrianni provided me with an update on the dead juvenile Red-tailed Hawk recently found on 4th Avenue and 9th Street.

The juvenile had died from blunt force trauma, likely from a collision.

There is no doubt in my mind that the juvenile had crashed into the new 13 story glass-covered office tower at 51 Astor Place.

Image of the building, courtesy of the 51 Astor Place website:

Continue to the full post… “Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk necropsy results – August 9th, 2015”

Today’s Washington Square Park visit lasted about 2 ½ hours. In that time we watched Sadie relax on one building for roughly an hour and a half and Bobby move about from perch to perch before settling onto NYU’s Education Building.

Sadie:

Continue to the full post… “Sunbathy, resty Washington Square Park Red-tails – August 8th, 2015”

The adult Washington Square Park Red-tailed Hawks have been seen perched atop a building a few blocks north of the park lately so that was the first place a fellow Hawk-watcher and I checked today.

There were no Hawks there so we made our way to the park.

I glanced over in time to see,through a gap between two buildings,one of the adult Hawks land on the NYU Education building flagpole.

The lighting and distance were not helpful for identification but I believe the Hawk that was on the flagpole was Bobby.

Continue to the full post… “Lengthy Hawk nest visit – August 6th, 2015”