Red-tailed Hawk landing on nest, Bobst Library, NYU, New York City

The Tompkins Square Park fledgling has passed away – July 29th, 2018

I am sorry to share WINORR‘s update that the fledgling who was recently rescued and treated for rodenticide poisoning passed away this morning.

Thanks to Kris for commenting in my last post about the fledgling and updating me with the news.

A beautiful tribute to the fledgling and a relayed message from WINORR can be found in this post on Goggla’s site.


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9 thoughts on “The Tompkins Square Park fledgling has passed away – July 29th, 2018

      1. So sad. What are the alternatives to rodenticide? Are adults susceptible, too? I don’t live in the city. (And we use a cat.)

        1. Washington Square Park uses a combination of snap traps and dry ice to smother rats in their burrows. Adult Hawks are absolutely susceptible to rodenticide. It is a little bit of comfort that the WSP adults eat a lot of pigeons and also vermin from WSP. But they do eat rats outside the park on occasion.

  1. People like you and Kris and Cathy and Bobby are still here to give us hope! The rest of us really need it!

  2. This is disgusting. I thought rodenticide was not being used anymore where hawks have been nesting, and I’m wrong. This little hawk died for no good reason.

  3. Any preventable loss of life leaves us all a little sad.
    If this can become AGAIN a teaching moment , all will not be lost
    Hopefully, the little fledgling was euthanized , rather than left to progress through the inevitable and painful stages of the poisoning.

    Thanks ,Roger, for keeping us informed w/ good news and the infrequent hopelessness of a loss of life of a little hawk ,created and hatched to soar the skies and bring us more happiness w/ a nest and family of his own in a later year.

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