Month: January 2018

It was an exciting visit as I followed a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk around Washington Square Park for a few hours. It spent the majority of its time hunting peppered in with resting and preening breaks. It eventually caught a rat then roosted in the park’s Hangman’s Elm for the night.

I did not see either of the resident park Hawks. I was hoping they’d show up so I could see one of them chase the interloper out of the park. I had nothing against the visiting juvenile Hawk, I just wanted to see some territorial action!

I noticed that you can see the Grace Church cross tower quite well from the park:

Continue to the full post… “Vigorous juvenile Hawk catches rat, roosts in the park – January 24th, 2018”

It was pretty chilly, windy, and overcast during my Washington Square Park Hawk visit today.

Sadie was on the southwest building corner when I approached the park:

Continue to the full post… “Both Hawks accounted for on this blustery day – January 22nd, 2018”

Over the course of two hours today I saw an adult Cooper’s Hawk, Bobby and Sadie, and the juvenile Cooper’s Hawk who’s been hanging out in the park lately. It was quite the Hawk fest!

There was a lot of perch-hopping and flying about between the two adult Red-tails.

Bobby was on One Fifth as soon as I arrived in the park:

Continue to the full post… “Hawk-filled visit in Washington Square Park – January 18th, 2018”