Red-tailed Hawk landing on nest, Bobst Library, NYU, New York City

Sadie’s afternoon haunt & flight to the Con Edison tower – August 28th, 2017

I set out on my Hawking visit during “The Witching Hour”, the time when the Washington Square Park Hawks routinely take a late morning/early afternoon break from the park.

I looked throughout the park for the Hawks as a matter of custom for 35 minutes but was not surprised they were absent.

On Saturday afternoon around 2:30 I spotted one of the Hawks on a chimney on a building at 3rd Avenue and 10th Street.

That building is marked with the red dot northeast of the park here:

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Distant views from the Hawking grounds – August 25th, 2017

I wasn’t finding the Hawks in Washington Square Park this morning so I searched several blocks north and east, covering Astor Place and searching throughout Union Square Park. No Hawks.

I took some “B roll” photos during their absence I thought might be fun in the meantime.

There are certain angles where you can see the Empire State Building from the park:

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