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

Sadie and Bobby Hawk chase off a juvenile Hawk together – November 4th, 2017

Today’s visit to Washington Square Park was fun. I watched Sadie and Bobby work together to escort a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk out of the park before settling down for a rest.

Sadie:

Bobby:

Bobby screamed several times but I couldn’t tell what he was upset about at first:

He flew off his perch and seemed to dive into the trees but my view was obscured. I soon saw him up and circling above the park square:

The youngster:

Sadie returned to her building perch after all the excitement was over. She sunned and preened.

Bobby landed next to her a few minutes later:

The above action took place over the course of about 40 minutes.


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