Today was packed with more action than I could summarize in today’s post title. I first saw Bobby perched a block south of the park:
A kestrel dive-bombed him several times:
He dove off his perch 3 minutes later and headed right to the park.
I saw Sadie on One Fifth as I entered the park:
I found Bobby in his favorite tree of late 10 minutes later:
I could watch Sadie on the apartment tower while I watched Bobby in his tree.
The squirrel on the right was repeating its Hawk warning cry. The signal sounds like a rusty hinged door opening and closing.
The squirrel had its eye on Bobby:
He moved to a lower perch in the neighboring tree 10 minutes later. He preened, rested, and scanned the lawn underneath for prey:
He left his new tree after another 50 minutes. He seems to perch for around 50 minutes in one spot quite regularly now that I think about it.
He swooped out of the trees and circled the park square and eastern side of the park for a few minutes:
Pigeons on the right, Bobby on the left, and a squirrel eating in the crook of the tree on the far left:
Sadie had relocated to her southwestern building perch as Bobby was flying:
She left her perch and circled the sky with Bobby.
He flew into the nest:
Sadie returned to One Fifth:
Bobby spent most of his 6 minute visit on the nest’s window ledge. He leapt off and flew directly into the trees again (One World Trade in the background):
After 45 minutes he dove past and landed on a dime on the grass on the other side of the fence from everyone:
He stopped too quickly for me to aim a proper shot of him. By the time I locked on him he was up and flying with his rodent:
Sadie clearly saw Bobby’s antics because she rushed over and circled above his tree several times, screaming.
Bobby would look up at her from time to time:
It wasn’t long before Sadie shocked me by diving into the branches of the Hangman’s Elm:
She watched Bobby eat:
Bobby finished eating and wiping up in 5 minutes. He turned around to Sadie’s direction, hopped off his branch, and flew out of the park:
Sadie immediately followed him.
She soon returned to the park and landed on her southwest perch again:
I watched her for a few minutes then I left for the day:
