Sadie was on One Fifth Avenue when I arrived at Washington Square Park today.
Scratch:
Bobby was way in the distance on the ConEd tower:
One of the babies spent a while peeking out onto the world:
Bobby stayed on his perch for 20 minutes before circling above the street:
He returned to the building top and rested some more.
It took Sadie 50 minutes to jump off her perch, fly past the nest, then land on the northwest corner building:
A Kestrel dive-bombed her several times:
She escaped the Kestrel, flew around the park square, then landed on the southwest building:
Sadie disappeared flying over the trees. The babies were finally active so I went over to have a look at them.
Now two of the babes were peeking out:
Having a snack:
The babies then settled down out of sight for the rest of my visit.
Sadie back to circling:
Sadie tried to drink water from a gutter in peace but was harassed by a dive-bombing Mockingbird:
Sadie had to work to escape it:
Back on the northwest corner:
I then witnessed something I’ve never seen before. A sea gull flew over the park and made a bee line right to Sadie. It dove at her (not making contact) then circled close behind her a few times! It seemed to last forever but it was all over in a minute.
It didn’t take long for a Mockingbird to harass her again:
Sadie left her building after half an hour, circled over the park, then landed on One Fifth again:
A close-up as I was leaving:
Hi to you – have been following your Wash Sq Posts for years with no way to tell you how much they mean to me and how wonderful they are. Somehow the hawks are never active (or I just don’t see them) whenever I am in the Park and I so appreciate your blogs and posts and photos. I feel very fortunate to have found you over the years!
Sue H
Ah it’s a shame the Hawks aren’t very visible/active during your visits. They can be easy to miss depending on the angle. Hopefully you’ll enjoy a nice show next time you’re in the park. Thanks for your kind words!
Same here Sue H. I live in Maine and am housebound, so the posts of the hawks are my eye on their world and have been so educational as well as fascinating! So many times I have longed to be able to say how much I enjoy the posts and pictures with no way to tell Roger Paw how much s/he is appreciated! Love the picture of the babies peeking over the edge in this post! I do watch the camera some of the time, but never seem to catch scenes like that one.
I love seeing the babes looking down at us!! They’ve grown so much so quickly. I love the Washington Square hawks and have been following them for years. Many thanks to you Roger Paw. You take the greatest photographs!!
Aren’t they the cutest? It’s so funny how adorable these fuzzy dinosaurs are. Thanks for your comment!
Well done, Roger Paw!
Thanks! I was hoping to see a nest visit but I will take what I can get!
I have followed your blog since the days when Pip was in the nest and I would like to thank you for all you do to keep us informed.
Thanks!
Dina
Thanks for commenting and for following along all this time Dina! I appreciate it!