Month: June 2016

It turns out the fledgling has been hanging out in the Washington Square Park trees the last couple of days. A park regular told a fellow Hawk-watcher that the fledgling was in the trees yesterday.

This morning I caught up with my friend who’d been watching the fledgling perch in the same tree for an hour and a half. My friend saw him getting briefly harassed by Blue Jays and visited by a squirrel.

I watched as the fledgling spent his time watching pigeons, squirrels, starlings, and sparrows on the ground below.

He stretched a few times and flew from branch for the hour and a half I watched him. He then flew to NYU’s Silver Center building where he promptly plopped down to rest.

Continue to the full post… “The fledgling cavorts in the park trees – June 27th, 2016”

I was not able to go Hawking this weekend but a friend did and reported seeing papa and mama Hawks today. There might have been a fledgling sighting too but the angle made for a difficult positive ID.

We still have several weeks to go before the fledgling masters hunting and leaves the area to live out its destiny elsewhere. In the meantime I hope to see the fledgling soon especially since his area of discovery is ever-expanding.

A fellow Hawk-watcher saw the fledgling flying further east than ever this morning. He expanded his flying by one extra block east from Washington Square Park. It doesn’t sound like much but he’s obviously more confident and open to exploring more.

I was thinking how confident this fledgling is compared to some of the previous broods. He had one day of trouble but overall he’s doing great and is maturing rapidly.

He didn’t engage in the back-and-forth flying between two buildings and repeatedly trying to climb up windows as fledglings from earlier years did. Instead he’s been flying directly in straight flights.

I visited the park for close to two hours today but didn’t see any of the Hawks. Neither did a friend in the early evening (but had seen the fledgling in the morning). This weekend should bring some sightings though.

It’s fun spotting bird nests on buildings:

I thought it was pretty funny when I saw a House Finch pair sitting on a fire escape Bobby and Rosie would roost at some evenings (since Finches seem to enjoy palling around near the Hawks):