Month: July 2016

The local heat wave broke with some rain this morning. I looked for the Washington Square Park Red-Tailed Hawks in and outside the park but didn’t see any of them.

A fellow Hawk-watcher had better luck and saw all the Hawks over the last few days. The fledgling was seen atop One Fifth Avenue a couple of times over the last couple of weeks (at the adults’ perch) which is pretty exciting considering how tall that building is.

I had some nice nature-watching during my visit even though I was Hawkless.

Young Starling gone bugging:

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We’re in the beginning of another heat wave but this morning’s temps were tolerable so I looked for the Washington Square Park Hawks for an hour.

I didn’t see any of them unfortunately. A fellow Hawk-watcher spotted one of them lying low atop One Fifth Avenue later in the day.

Shot of the empty nest:

The Washington Square Park Red-tailed Hawk fledgling rested in the same tree during my visit today. He preened a bit, watched some prey on the ground, and otherwise relaxed:

Continue to the full post… “Spending time with the resting fledgling – July 20th, 2016”