We finally got a break from days of rain so I took my long-awaited chance to visit the Washington Square Park Hawks.
Bobby was on the old cross tower down the street from the nest:
Sadie would bob as if she were feeding the babies then look around every once in a while:
Sparrows were enjoying sand baths in the bocce court:
Sadie brought some pigeon bits out of the nest after about 25 minutes:
Bobby jumped into the nest:
Sadie brought the pigeon to the low buildings along the eastern side of the park as has been her routine.
She landed in the tree across from the nest 5 minutes later. It was good luck that I was standing near the tree at the time or I could have easily missed seeing her land there:
She went from branch to branch until she found just the right twig for the nest:
You can see Bobby’s tail feathers jutting out from the nest:
Sadie brought the twig to the nest bowl and then flew out of the nest a couple of minutes later:
She flew right to NYU’s Silver Center building:
I didn’t realize at the time that Bobby was sitting in his regular perch at the corner. I noticed him there after I was home and looking through my pictures:
I did see as he flew to the roof below the water tower. He spent a few seconds wiping up from a meal:
He flew further onto the roof then made his way closer to Sadie:
Sadie moved from the flag pole base to the railing:
The Hawks palled around like this on Silver for around 15 minutes until Bobby flew northward:
Sadie followed his path a few seconds later:
It was another 15 minutes until Bobby returned to Silver:
I stood around hoping to see Sadie return to the grounds or the nest but I wasn’t seeing her. She could have been anywhere really. Half an hour passed and Bobby flew north and then east out of sight.
I left the park after another 15 minutes of waiting for Sadie and wouldn’t you know I was a block south of the park when I turned around to see her freshly perched on the flag pole Bobby was on earlier:
I couldn’t stick around but felt relieved to see her back home.