The Red-tailed Hawks of Washington Square Park, NYC… mostly
Today’s Hawk activity was pretty subdued. The Hawk baby did no jump flaps during the 3 hours I was in the park. It was mostly resty in the nest or on the ledge. It did walk quickly back and forth on the ledge and stretch its wings but that’s as far as it went.
Bobby zipped by when I first approached the park:
Continue to the full post… “Mellow Hawkery – June 9th, 2016”
Apologies for not creating a more imaginative post title. 🙂 The baby Washington Square Park Hawk is progressing nicely with its jump flaps. It can now fly in a sustained ‘flight’ 3/4 of the way down the ledge.
Whee!
Continue to the full post… “Baby jump-flaps 3/4 of the way across the ledge – June 8th, 2016”
I visited Washington Square Park for 3 1/2 hours today so I could have more chances to observe the little Hawk’s jump-flapping progress.
The babe did trot back and forth quickly along the ledge a few times and exercised its wings but didn’t do that much hopping.
Its wings are still pretty gappy:
Continue to the full post… “Mild hop flaps, mom and baby tuck in separately – June 7th, 2016”