Month: December 2015

I was in the Lower East Side of Manhattan this morning when I noticed a flurry of pigeon feathers falling from a fire escape. The sight was so surprising and there were so many feathers I thought, ‘That’s not a preening, that’s a plucking!’

I followed the feather path and saw a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk eating a pigeon:

Continue to the full post… “Lower East Side Juvenile Hawk eating a pigeon – December 24th, 2015”

My Hawk visit lasted about an hour and a half today. Over that time a fellow Hawk-watcher and I watched Bobby and Sadie perch and fly no more than a couple of blocks from Washington Square Park.

I spotted Bobby atop a water tower southeast from the park:

Continue to the full post… “Bobby covers Sadie’s back and fights a Peregrine – December 21st, 2015”

I saw Sadie sitting on a red tile roof a couple of blocks north she has been regularly enjoying lately. I was glad to see her because I had been at Washington Square Park for almost half an hour already and was beginning to worry I may have a Hawkless visit.

The red tile roof and Sadie as seen from the park:

Continue to the full post… “Sunbaths and mystery departures – December 16th, 2015”