Comments on: Birds team up, tease a Washington Square Park fledgling Hawk – July 21st, 2018 https://rogerpaw.com/2018/07/birds-tease-wsp-fledgling-hawk/ The Red-tailed Hawks of Washington Square Park, NYC... mostly Wed, 25 Jul 2018 18:47:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Mindy https://rogerpaw.com/2018/07/birds-tease-wsp-fledgling-hawk/#comment-5060 Wed, 25 Jul 2018 18:47:12 +0000 https://rogerpaw.com/?p=49840#comment-5060 In reply to Roger_Paw.

Awww….they grow up so fast! Godspeed, little hawks!

]]> By: Roger_Paw https://rogerpaw.com/2018/07/birds-tease-wsp-fledgling-hawk/#comment-5058 Mon, 23 Jul 2018 02:43:55 +0000 https://rogerpaw.com/?p=49840#comment-5058 In reply to Jeanne.

Thanks, Jeanne! The fledglings are flying further and further away. I’m afraid it’s time we start preparing to say fare thee well.

]]> By: Jeanne https://rogerpaw.com/2018/07/birds-tease-wsp-fledgling-hawk/#comment-5057 Sun, 22 Jul 2018 23:20:19 +0000 https://rogerpaw.com/?p=49840#comment-5057 Bullies , I guess , ,are in every form of a living breathing animal or human
Somehow, that Is supportive of the thought, that all of us have this “bully gene” but need teaching and
kindness to support one another w/o the cruelty of bullying.
It is a hard world out there, for anything/one weaker or hesitant to be bold enough to say “NO”
I would love to see the link showing the blackbird ring the back of a hawk.
Thanks, Roger_Paw for your endurance in chasing down our fledglings and their antics.

]]> By: Roger_Paw https://rogerpaw.com/2018/07/birds-tease-wsp-fledgling-hawk/#comment-5056 Sun, 22 Jul 2018 01:01:28 +0000 https://rogerpaw.com/?p=49840#comment-5056 In reply to Lisa Crooke.

I don’t think your comment has a link. Are you able to edit your comment?

]]> By: Lisa Crooke https://rogerpaw.com/2018/07/birds-tease-wsp-fledgling-hawk/#comment-5055 Sun, 22 Jul 2018 00:47:04 +0000 https://rogerpaw.com/?p=49840#comment-5055 Here is a link to a blackbird riding on the back of a RTH…..

Crazy!!

]]> By: Roger_Paw https://rogerpaw.com/2018/07/birds-tease-wsp-fledgling-hawk/#comment-5054 Sun, 22 Jul 2018 00:17:25 +0000 https://rogerpaw.com/?p=49840#comment-5054 In reply to Shirley.

Hi! I have seen Mockingbirds, Blue Jays, Peregrine Falcons, and Kestrels dive-bomb and bully the Hawks away from perches in the past but at least the activity wasn’t to the point where I was worried for the Hawks’ safety.

I have not seen crows bully the WSP Hawks but that would be a pretty intense sight.

Your description of the blackbirds landing on the eagles was amazing!

]]> By: Shirley https://rogerpaw.com/2018/07/birds-tease-wsp-fledgling-hawk/#comment-5053 Sun, 22 Jul 2018 00:09:44 +0000 https://rogerpaw.com/?p=49840#comment-5053 Great shots! I am always amazed at the courage of small/small-er birds to dive bomb raptors who could easily eat them for lunch. This is the first time I have seen this with the hawks. In fact, I think some of your pictures have shown finches sitting next to hawks – neither one appearing bothered. I had been watching bald eagles for a long time before discovering the hawks. I was amazed to see blackbirds landing on eagles in flight, and just taking a ride on their back using eagle power 🙂 There were also lots of attacks by other small or smaller birds. The one I saw riding the eagle was from the Decorah nest, and I also watched an eagle from the White Rock (NB) nest dive bombed for long periods of time, by crows working in tandem at driving the eagle off its perch. Have you seen that activity with hawks, Roger Paw?

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