Comments on: Fledgling gets itself in and out of a jam – June 18th, 2018 https://rogerpaw.com/2018/06/fledgling-gets-in-and-out-of-a-jam/ The Red-tailed Hawks of Washington Square Park, NYC... mostly Sun, 01 Jul 2018 22:33:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: elizabeth https://rogerpaw.com/2018/06/fledgling-gets-in-and-out-of-a-jam/#comment-4918 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 16:33:41 +0000 https://rogerpaw.com/?p=48885#comment-4918 Yes, ask NYU to cut the wires, they mostly likely will, they have been wonderful about the nest and babies

]]> By: H4 https://rogerpaw.com/2018/06/fledgling-gets-in-and-out-of-a-jam/#comment-4914 Tue, 19 Jun 2018 18:34:18 +0000 https://rogerpaw.com/?p=48885#comment-4914 Can we ask NYU to cut those pigeon wires for now? Two tangles in one day!

]]> By: Roger_Paw https://rogerpaw.com/2018/06/fledgling-gets-in-and-out-of-a-jam/#comment-4913 Tue, 19 Jun 2018 11:45:48 +0000 https://rogerpaw.com/?p=48885#comment-4913 In reply to Susan Addelston.

Thank you Susan! Violet passed away from a heart attack after waking up post-surgery. It’s worrisome when they get out into the big world only because this particular environment is not their ‘natural’ world so I and others feel a need to look out for them in the first tenuous days. Thankfully most of the fledglings have been unscathed!

]]> By: Susan Addelston https://rogerpaw.com/2018/06/fledgling-gets-in-and-out-of-a-jam/#comment-4912 Tue, 19 Jun 2018 11:41:51 +0000 https://rogerpaw.com/?p=48885#comment-4912 That entanglement in wire for the fledged hawk let was scary! All I could think of was how poor Violet had her leg wrapped in wire so tightly that she couldn’t use it, even though she was so brave in trying to care for her brood. She was finally captured, I thought, but leg couldn’t be saved – infected, and she had to be euthanized. That year was my first introduction to the WSq RTHs. Have followed them avidly ever since, and delighted in each triumphant nesting season as well as your extraordinary photographs/commentary. Please keep it up!
As for the nestlings not being eager to fledge – sounds like millennials! They get food delivered without any effort on their part – why leave!?

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