The Red-tailed Hawks of Washington Square Park, NYC… mostly
A fellow Hawk-watcher and I watched mama Sadie relax during a sun bath for an hour this morning. Sadie was seated near her favorite satellite dish on 3rd Street.
She jumped off her perch after an hour and headed due west toward 6th Avenue. We looked for her for a few minutes but soon called off the search due to the heat and humidity and the knowledge that she could be anywhere.
Continue to the full post… “An hour with mama Hawk – August 15th, 2016”
I visited Washington Square Park for a couple of hours on Saturday and saw no Hawks but today was totally different. I finally got to spend a solid two hours with Bobby and Sadie.
A fellow Hawk-watcher has seen Sadie and Bobby a few times over the last several days which was great news. The fledgling might have been one of the Hawks too. There was no sign of the fledgling during my visit today.
I first heard Sadie calling out over and over as she circled above the park:
Continue to the full post… “At last! A full Hawk visit – August 8th, 2016”
Despite not having much Hawk-spotting luck lately, we’ve been having lovely weather in the city.
This Sparrow was hopping about on a mulch pile. It pecked at the bits and briefly got its beak covered in spider webbing:
