The heat wave has broken and today’s weather was quite lovely. All three Washington Square Park Hawks were seen close by each other and I saw the fledgling have a meal on NYU’s Silver Center.
A fellow Hawk-watcher spotted the fledgling on Silver earlier in the morning so I had a general idea where to look.
Bobby was the first Hawk I saw today. He was on One Fifth Avenue. He was soon harassed by a Mockingbird:
He flew past me and toward the eastern buildings:
He landed on one of the NYU Education Building antennas where he picked up some food and brought it to the next antenna:
I walked over to the building to get closer shots of Bobby but of course he was nowhere to be found when I reached the building.
I still hadn’t found the fledgling so I was appreciative when a construction worker-turned-Hawk-watcher pointed her out to me on the corner of Silver. 🙂
She was in the middle of a meal:
It’s possible she was eating the same rat Bobby had been toting because she was eating a rat. It’s a shame I missed the food drop if that’s the case but I was happy to see her eat (the first time I personally saw her eat since Fledge Day five days ago).
The House Finches stopped by for a routine visit:
I watched her eat for close to 20 minutes:
She moved over to the nearest window and plopped down for a nap:
I went looking for the other Hawks and found Bobby on One Fifth again:
A Mockingbird soon came by and dive-bombed him (again):
Bobby flew over the library (nest), continued south, then circled above the couple of blocks south of the nest before disappearing westward.
Back to the fledgling:
Hanging with her Finch buds:
I spotted Sadie on one of the antennas next:
She moved around one of them a lot. It looked like she was having trouble getting comfortable. Once again I walked closer to the building for a better look and once again the Hawk gave me the slip when I got there.
The fledgling plopped down for another snooze:
I then saw Bobby followed by Sadie as they approached the eastern buildings again 15 minutes later.Bobby:
Sadie:
I missed where she went but Bobby landed on the Education Building flag pole as is his habit:
I watched him for almost 10 minutes, taking pictures now and then in the hopes of seeing his leap off the pole.
I almost missed catching his flight entirely!
I saw him circling over the street a couple of blocks northeast of the park as I headed out for the day.