Month: April 2017

The Washington Square Park Red-tailed Hawks were having a mellow and peaceful day during my visit today. Bobby was first on One Fifth Avenue then flew some and perched on another regular building all while Sadie attended to the one hatchling in the nest. The following pictures follow the Hawks over the course of about an hour and a half:

Continue to the full post… “Sunny spring day, Hawks in great form – April 28th, 2017”

5:45PM: I was watching the live Hawk cam earlier this morning and noticed there was only movement from the oldest hatchling. At first I couldn’t see the younger hatchling at all. The oldest one was active and I couldn’t see whether it was obstructing the view of the youngest one or what.

I noticed last night that the younger one wasn’t looking so well (missing throat feathers, not eating much) and I hoped it’d feel better today.

I watched the cam on and off all day today and did see a partial view of the youngest hatchling but it indeed appeared lifeless.

And it seems the third egg is a dud so it is looking like we will have a repeat of last year: Three eggs but only one offspring. Last year there were three eggs but only one hatch.

There was a lot of nice Hawk action during my Washington Square Park visit today. I was only there for about an hour and a half but it was pretty much non-stop action.

The first Hawk I saw was Bobby as he sat on the Hawks’ favorite southwestern corner building overlooking the park:

Continue to the full post… “Sadie on a nest break, Bobby has a drink – April 24th, 2017”