Month: July 2017

I got to watch the Washington Square fledgling for almost three hours today.

Fellow Hawk-watchers saw her on the park arch and the church cross before and after my visit. One of the adults had brought a pigeon meal to the arch and the fledgling landed there to fetch it. Unfortunately the adult dropped the pigeon and it fell to the walkway below.

Another Hawk-watcher saw her land on the Judson Memorial Church cross before flying around the library. The fledgling is really getting around!

A park-goer was walking her loud Cockatoo around. The fledgling seemed to see it from her tree.

Continue to the full post… “Fledgling briefly grabs a pigeon – July 15th, 2017”

A fellow Hawk-watcher saw the fledgling visit the nest ledge yesterday evening (July 13th). They had seen the fledgling a few times over the last few days dive-bombing pigeons, flying through the park trees, and exploring new buildings.

I will be back to Hawking quite soon when I hope to see such great adventures in person and then share them with you.

One of the adult Washington Square Park Red-tailed Hawks was on One Fifth Avenue when I arrived this morning. Sometimes it looked like Bobby, sometimes like Sadie so I have no idea which Hawk it was. It got dive-bombed by a Mockingbird soon enough:

Continue to the full post… “Fledgling relaxes in the pigeon tree – July 9th, 2017”