Mama Sadie Hawk was taking a nest break on Judson Memorial Church when I arrived at Washington Square Park today:
I thought she was going to fly into the nest but she landed on top of Bobst Library instead:
The Hawks are always surprising us.
Off to the corner top of the building:
She flew over the park and perched on NYU’s Silver Center, a building diagonal from the nest:
She had only been on Silver for a few seconds when Bobby flew out of the nest and mated with her:
He then flew toward but past the nest and landed on the building next door:
You can see the library, Kimmel (where Bobby landed in the photo above), and Judson Church in the maps screenshot below for context:
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Sadie herself flew into the nest:
I spotted Bobby atop the southwestern corner building 6 minutes later:
I didn’t have a chance to get closer because he dove off and flew to the east side:
He circled east of the park for 4 minutes before rising high in the sky and diving and landing on the ConEd building tower:
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Meanwhile, the Hawks have done an impressive job of folding and tucking a long piece of industrial-looking paper/fabric brought into the nest bowl yesterday into a nice cushion for the two eggs. I took the two screen shots below while watching the live nest cam.
Bobby yesterday:
Sadie today:
