Red-tailed Hawk landing on nest, Bobst Library, NYU, New York City

Month: June 2016

Hawk family reunited, life settles into normalcy – June 17th, 2016

The Washington Square Park Red-tailed Hawk family is together again and seemingly settling back into normalcy.

A fellow Hawk-watcher observed amazing behavior earlier in the day. All three Hawks were circling above the park square together. Mom and babe were circling close above the fountain together. Bobby was soaring much higher in the sky above them.

It was a much quieter scene when I visited the park today. The fledgling was sitting on a corner of NYU’s Pless building (the same building he was released on yesterday).

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Fledgling gets in a jam, is rescued and released! – June 16th, 2016

The Washington Square Park Hawk fledgling got trapped in an NYU building early this morning. A fellow Hawk-watcher saw it all happen.

The fledgling managed to crawl under some netting at an NYU building balcony. It was not able to find its way back out and got stuck.

So my friend alerted me, NYU security, and a Park Ranger who helps with Hawk rescues about the problem. I called Bobby Horvath of WINORR (Wildlife in Need of Rescue and Rehabilitation) and he was immediately on the case. He headed over from Long Island to come to the park and rescue the fledgling.

The rescue and release went off pretty much without a hitch. If it hadn’t been for the devoted Hawk-watcher and one particular NYU security officer who went the extra mile to help, no one would have known what to do to help the Hawk so thank goodness for them!

I rushed over to the park and waited with my friend for Bobby Horvath to arrive.

The fledgling resting in his confinement space:

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